The tables are set but the lights are out at Brad Moore's restaurants Recess Diner and Fountain. A notice of termination on the doors says the tenant owes more than $260,000 in rent. This comes just two months after the adjoining eateries opened at the base of the Art Condos on Sudbury Street.
The restaurants, which were first announced in early 2014, took almost two years to launch, and had barely opened when ex-employees reached out to us about the property being seized.
Two tipsters (names withheld) claimed similar sentiments: the restaurant "[owes] a lot of staff and vendors a lot of money..."
"I left because I had serious doubts about his ability to run a business. This is before my paychecks started coming back NSF. At first, they didn't withhold wages... their cheques simply failed to clear. Later when I requested a replacement cheque or a more secure form of payment they stalled, ignored and then threatened," alleges one ex-staffer who worked for Moore prior to opening.
Calls to the restaurant have gone unanswered. Old School, which Moore previously launched, has distanced itself from the restauranteur and tells me "he no longer has any involvement with the business."
by Liora Ipsum via blogTO
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