Earl of Sandwich has set a closing date for its temporary location at Downtown Disney while also setting an opening date for a new permanent home for the nomadic sandwich shop now under construction at the Disneyland shopping mall.
The temporary Earl of Sandwich at the former La Brea Bakery location on the east end of Downtown Disney will close on July 26, according to company officials.
The Downtown Disney restaurant will be demolished to make way for a long-promised and oft-delayed new Porto’s Bakery and Cafe.
The new permanent Earl of Sandwich location under construction on the west end of Downtown Disney will open this winter, according to company officials.
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The temporary Earl of Sandwich pop-up trailer installed in 2024 next to the Star Wars Trading Post in Downtown Disney will continue to remain open during the transition.
The permanent closure of the temporary Earl of Sandwich forced the Downtown Disney sandwich shop to lay off 167 employees, according to state employment records.
A new two-story Earl of Sandwich location under construction near the Downtown Disney performance lawn will include a quick service walk-up counter on the first floor and the Carnaby Tavern cocktail bar upstairs.
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The original Earl of Sandwich restaurant was torn down in 2022 along with AMC Theatre, Starbucks West and Sugarboo and Co. as part of the renovation of the west end of Downtown Disney.
Earl of Sandwich moved into the former La Brea Bakery when plans for Porto’s Bakery to take over the location were delayed.
Porto’s Bakery & Cafe officials have announced construction will begin in 2025 on its newest location at Downtown Disney.
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Porto’s decision to open a Downtown Disney location on the site of the former La Brea Bakery was announced to much fanfare during the D23 Expo in 2022 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
La Brea Bakery closed in early 2023 to make way for the new Porto’s, but construction never started as expected.