A coffee spit new to a Chicago marketplace is holding over a Wicker Park space where Bow Truss Coffee Roasters intended to open a shop. And it might not be only in Wicker Park, as Red Beard Coffee Traders intends to open mixed shops in Chicago. Red Beard’s Steve Sims pronounced it will be 3 or 4 months until they open during a former dentist’s bureau during 1948 W. North Ave.
Red Beard will specialize in “high-end, specialty coffees,” pronounced Sims, who only wasn’t prepared to share serve details. Though Red Beard is a new name, Sims isn’t new to a coffee scene. He’s part of Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders out of Southern California. They have coffee bars in Orange, Calif., and Anaheim Hills, Calif. And yes: Sims does competition a long, red beard.
For his part, Sims pronounced he didn’t know about a story of a space and a Bow Truss saga. “Oh a drama, only offered good coffee, what a nightmare,” Bow Truss’ Phil Tadros texted, who certified that he wasn’t operative on a Wicker Park space any longer. Bow Truss has been looking for investors to energise their financials and altogether image.
Tadros, for his part, texted that he didn’t know about Red Beard. He did send that Marcus Lemonis, a horde of The Profit, who was interested in purchasing Bow Truss “was holding that space adult for/ from us.” Sims pronounced that he couldn’t nonetheless hold if Red Beard was connected to Lemonis.
This creates this subsequent bit of news even some-more intriguing: Lemonis’ ML Food Group, formed out of Blue Bell, Pa., is listed as Red Beard’s LLC manager, according to a Illinois Secretary of State. Robert Gerber, Lemonis’ attorney in his legal record involving Bow Truss, is listed a company’s agent. Lemonis wasn’t immediately reached for comment. If Lemonis responds, this post will be updated. Meanwhile, a play continues.
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