Foxtrot to reopen first Dallas location

Foxtrot Café & Market’s back-from-the-dead story continues. 

The upscale urban convenience-store chain, which shuttered all 33 of its stores unexpectedly in April, announced Tuesday that it plans to reopen its first Dallas location on Friday. 

Foxtrot began reopening some of those shuttered stores in September, starting with one in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. It has since reopened nearly a half-dozen stores.  

In Dallas, the store at 3130 Knox St. will feature expanded coffee and food offerings, a format that will be present in all reopened locations, the retailer said. 

“Our newly reopened location is a reflection of Foxtrot’s commitment to the Dallas community,” Foxtrot co-founder Taylor Bloom, a Dallas native, said in a statement. “We’ve partnered with exceptional purveyors, bringing the finest ingredients to our refreshed stores, where customers can gather, enjoy outstanding coffee, delicious food and create meaningful connections every day. “

Foxtrot's expanded full-day menu will include new breakfast taco flavors such as borracho bean, brisket guisado and grilled veggie. Panini sandwiches, salads and bowls are also new to the menu, along with fresh-baked cookies. 

The stores are also bringing back customer favorites like gummies and gummy mixes, while continuing to highlight emerging CPG brands. 

For its grand opening, the store will offer free coffee, reduced-price Happy Hour drinks and a DJ. 

The retailer said a second Dallas store, in University Park, will reopen “in the coming weeks.”

About a month after the chain closed its doors, holding company Further Point Enterprises purchased Foxtrot’s assets for about $2.2 million. Days later, Foxtrot parent company Outfox Hospitality filed for bankruptcy. 

Foxtrot founder Mike LaVitola was asked by Further Point to revive the brand. 

Chicago-based Foxtrot got its start in 2014 as a delivery-focused company selling snacks, beer and wine. Once hailed as the “convenience store of the future,” the chain raised more than $160 million over its lifetime before being acquired by Outfox Hospitality at the end of 2023. 

In addition to Chicago and Dallas, Foxtrot also operated stores in Austin and Washington, D.C. 

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