Penn Station (restaurant) Today, Penn Station has become a large chain across the South and Midwest, with 313 restaurants currently open in 15 states across the United States. Penn Station (restaurant) Penn Station is a chain of restaurants specializing in what it calls "East Coast subs." Locations are found throughout the Midwestern United States. The first restaurant was opened in 1985 by Jeff Osterfeld in Cincinnati, Ohio. Currently, Penn Station has over 300 locations in 15 states. The concept for an East Coast sub restaurant came to Jeff Osterfeld soon after he graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In 1983, he opened
Charity (practice) that this movement was spurred by economic and material forces, as well as a burgeoning urban culture. Other scholars argue that developments in spirituality and devotional culture were central. For still other scholars, medieval charity was primarily a way to elevate one's social status and affirm existing hierarchies of power. In Judaism, "tzedakah"—a Hebrew term literally meaning righteousness but commonly used to signify "charity"—refers to the religious obligation to do what is right and just. Because it is commanded by the Torah and not voluntary, the practice is not technically an act of charity; such a concept is virtually nonexistent