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city pork & southfin splitting up, exchequer closing
Posted on 8/15/17 at 10:50 am
Posted on 8/15/17 at 10:50 am
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The owners of the homegrown company that owns the three City Pork restaurants as well as Southfin Southern Poké are parting ways and dividing their holdings.
As part of the split, City Pork Kitchen & Pie on Exchequer Boulevard will be closing.
Stephen Hightower and Trey Williams say their split was amicable but that each had different ideas about where to take the rapidly growing company.
“We just got to a point where I was passionate about City Pork and Trey wanted to take Southfin to the next level,” Hightower says. “We couldn’t do both.”
Under the terms of the deal, Hightower kept the City Pork restaurants, which include City Pork Deli & Charcuterie on Perkins Road and City Pork Brasserie & Bar on Jefferson Highway. Williams took Southfin, a new restaurant concept that opened in the Southdowns Shopping Center in March. City Pork Kitchen & Pie—the newest of the three City Pork establishments—was a casualty of the break up, but it remains unclear when it will close.
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Posted on 8/15/17 at 10:54 am to cgrand
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:01 am to cgrand
That seems odd. That place prints money.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:10 am to upgrayedd
Didn't they part ways with another owner not long ago as well?
Seems like more to the story.
Seems like more to the story.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:25 am to cgrand
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City Pork Kitchen & Pie on Exchequer Boulevard will be closing
wow, that location is slam packed every day
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:25 am to upgrayedd
the city pork group bought the exchequer land & building for $500,000 (4800SF) then upgraded the kitchen to a commissary for the other locations for some items. i cant find a listing for it yet but thats clearly a good location for somebody, built out and ready to go
Posted on 8/15/17 at 11:32 am to cgrand
Someone will get that place. Its always done well for lunch
Posted on 8/15/17 at 12:20 pm to cgrand
What about Bottle and Tap? Dont' they own that too?
Posted on 8/15/17 at 12:22 pm to cgrand
I ate smoked chicken fried steak from there and it was fricking amazing
Posted on 8/15/17 at 12:25 pm to cgrand
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the city pork group bought the exchequer land & building for $500,000 (4800SF) then upgraded the kitchen to a commissary for the other locations for some items. i cant find a listing for it yet but thats clearly a good location for somebody, built out and ready to go
That's why it seems odd that he wouldn't buy it out and continue operations. Like someone said, there has to be something more to the story if they're just abandoning such a successful business.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 12:30 pm to cgrand
Just so long as the one on Jefferson is being left alone. Went there for lunch on Sunday and it was delicious as usual!
Posted on 8/15/17 at 12:51 pm to upgrayedd
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Like someone said, there has to be something more to the story if they're just abandoning such a successful business.
they would know better than us whether it was successful or not. my understanding of the original concept there was to provide a commissary for the other two locations, maybe they decided they dont need that anymore
maybe they dont want or need three city pork locations
who knows...i doubt theres any "rest of the story" here
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:06 pm to cgrand
And he strange thing is neither of them are original owners, is that correct? It was that Lyons kid?
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:08 pm to Jackalope
I think the Williams guy was an original owner with Lyons.
Hightower for sure wasnt.
Hightower for sure wasnt.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:09 pm to Jackalope
I side with whoever owns the property!
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:45 pm to cgrand
Maybe the City Pork owner couldn't afford an equal split without giving up one restaurant. I'd imagine the Southfin owner comes up with the Eschequer property
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:51 pm to bharris4qb1
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the Williams guy was an original owner with Lyons
Yep.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 2:22 pm to cgrand
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they would know better than us whether it was successful or not. my understanding of the original concept there was to provide a commissary for the other two locations, maybe they decided they dont need that anymore
maybe they dont want or need three city pork locations
who knows...i doubt theres any "rest of the story" here
Maybe so. I just know that I've never been there when it wasn't packed.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 5:57 pm to upgrayedd
Why does it always seem Hightower is screwing up a good restaurant? Why do people continue to go into business with him.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 6:13 pm to LSUPOKEY
what else has he been involved in?
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