The shuttered restaurants could be back in service as early as January 2016.
One month after Here to Serve shuttered all ten of its Atlanta restaurants, founder Tom Catherall hopes to reopen the eateries starting with Noche, according to a report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC).
Cathedral transferred ownership of the restaurant group last year to Leigh Catherall as part of a divorce settlement, but it appears he wants the company back under his leadership in the coming months.
The Noche locations in Virginia-Highland and Vinings would be the first batch to reopen. Catherall is in negotiations with the various landlords.
An insider close to the situation told What Now Atlanta (WNA) that Leigh took a loan with a local bank when she inherited the restaurants, and used assets in the eateries (furniture, equipment, etc.) as collateral. The undisclosed bank has since liquidated most all the assets, leaving all but empty spaces, our insider suggests.
Tom wants to open the Noche brand by January 2016, February at the latest, the chef told the AJC.
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The name of the typeface they used for that logo is “Bleeding Cowboy.” Not exactly what I want to think of when I’m dining out. It also happens to be one of the most-mocked typefaces by graphic designers, exceeding the classic Comic Sans.
It was important to say that first, but—holy crap. Lady, you sued the man to take away the nickname his father called him as a child. That’s cold af. Maybe he deserved it, but DANG.
This guy just gets his ass handed to him every time from his ex-wife. Geez! Lost another lawsuit over a silly name.
Leigh Catherall should spend her effort and resources finding a way to pay her former employees their wages still owed, instead of wasting it on frivolous lawsuits that mean and accomplish nothing.
Lol, this woman is CRAZY!!
She should also pay back everyone left holding a gift card that is worthless. I would think if Tom was an upstanding businessman, that he’d also honor those gift cards. I guess he doesn’t care if we continue as his customers. He’s probably just selling new gift cards and trying to screw people out of money and run away again. He should feel some obligation and responsibility to the customers and employees that were done wrong by his family, ex or not. He was just a coward and ran away to live on the beach in Florida until the dust settled. Now, he’s back and I’ll never support his restaurants again. He even bragged about her sending him checks while he relaxed on the beach. He’s a great chef, but a terrible person to the community. Thanks for the great food and for taking our money and running.
Dear Former Loyal Customer,
You should take up your angst with the woman who drove the company bankrupt, and not the man who is trying to start over. She’s the one who screwed you out of your gift card monies, it was in good standing when she took over. As per the divorce agreement, she would buy him out by making payments. She drove the company into the ground, he got nothing.
So, lets say you (Jane) give Tom $20 to hold for you. Then I come along and give Tom a check for that $20 and register an IOU with the court that I owe Jane $20. Then I go bankrupt and you’re out $20, you’re still going to suggest that Tom owes you the $20? Even after I legally “purchased the debt” from Tom? Meanwhile, mind you… my check to Tom bounced. Everyone lost here, especially Tom.