16 OctOber 10 - 16, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents it kind of depends on what else is going on at the fair on that particular day. There are days when we’re rotating the animals in and out of the swine barn, but when there’s a down day where we’re changing over, we’ll take him into the swine barn and give him some exercise on those days. This is a tough question to ask, but does Bo- ris live out his retirement days happily on a farm or does he wind up on a plate somewhere? It just depends, just to be honest with you. It very much depends on what that value is for him moving forward. He may go back to the farm and continue to be a sire, but at some point they all will live their pur- pose and become food. ▼ FOOD NEWS NOT SO SLY FOXTROT TO REOPEN IN DALLAS AMID UNSETTLED DEBTS. BY AAREN PRODY F oxtrot Market, a Chicago-based cafe and market, ceased all operations af- ter filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on April 23 of this year. The move left more than 1,000 employees unexpectedly unem- ployed with no severance pay. It wasn’t just the four locations in Dallas that were hung out to dry, all 33 locations in Chicago, Austin and Washington, D.C., were shuttered as well. The sudden clo- sures — asking employees and customers to leave abruptly at midday — left us all with questions. Questions that have gone unanswered up until now. On June 5, the co-founder of Foxtrot announced plans to reopen 15 stores in Dallas, Austin and Chicago. As of now only one location has reopened, in Chicago, and the internet had A LOT to say about it on Instagram. @kelsey.desopo says “LMAOOOOO - imagine reopening after not paying sever- ance to employees after screwing them over”. Another, @mariaefting asked, “Have you paid all your ex-employees and small busi- nesses you left in the dust”? Foxtrot, although based in Chicago, fea- tured and sourced products from many local businesses around Dallas, which also suf- fered from the closure. Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters supplied the cafe and market hybrid with coffee beans and cold brew. The roastery also sells choco- late products under the brand 5 Mile Choco- late, which supplied the market with their mocha. We reached out to operations direc- tor, Jessica Young, to find out more about the $6,474 Foxtrot still owes them (if they disre- gard late fees) and how the closure impacted their small business. “For 5 Mile, it’s been significant,” Young says, “They were by far our largest client. We sell many different chocolate items: bars, couverture, chips, baking crumbles, hot chocolate — retail and bulk. Mocha was our best-seller, and what they purchased was mocha. Since they closed our mocha sales have reduced by more than half.” She also said that there hasn’t been any effort from Foxtrot to pay what it owes, but one of Foxtrot’s stores in Chicago did reach out via email to place another order. “I asked to connect with their payables person before sending the mocha — never heard another word,” Young told us. Based on many comments on Instagram and the Slikwines podcast with a condiment vendor, Foxtrot has left other vendors high and dry. The company also keeps busy delet- ing negative comments on new posts (well, not all of them). The Dallas Morning News confirmed that Foxtrot will reopen two stores in Dallas, one in University Park’s Snider Plaza, across the street from Southern Methodist University, and the other potentially on Knox Street. The first location has been confirmed by the landlord, but there’s no word about the Knox location yet. Berkley’s Market, an almost identical Dallas-based concept, is going to take the place of Foxtrot’s old spot on McKinney Av- enue. The chain’s fourth location, on Green- ville Avenue in East Dallas, will not be reopening. Eric Kleinberg Many questions remain after Foxtrot Market shut all of its doors. City of Ate from p15 D INTERESTED CANDIDATES PLEASE SEND YOUR COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO [email protected]
