Chicago (CBS) — After Dom's Kitchen and Market suddenly closed this spring, along with all of its Foxtrot Market locations in Chicago, it appears another upscale grocer is poised to move into the former Dom's location at Diversey Parkway and Halsted Street.
North Carolina-based grocery chain The Fresh Market plans to take over the space.
The Fresh Market already has stores in Crystal Lake, Geneva, Lake Forest and Wilmette.
Dom's Kitchen & Market and Foxtrot Market The store suddenly closed The move comes six months after the two chains announced their merger on April 23. The deal included Dom's two Chicago locations and all 33 of Foxtrot's locations in the Chicago, Texas and Washington, D.C. areas.
In addition to its location at 2730 N. Halsted St. in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, Dom's also had a location in Old Town at 1233 N. Wells St. A third store was set to open this summer at 30 W. Huron St. in River North and touted as “coming soon” on the grocery chain's website, but the company filed for bankruptcy before that opening could happen.
Dom's employees were told they had received no notice about the closures, and customers shopping at the Lincoln Park Dom's were asked to leave because the entire chain was going out of business. Delivery was halted, the mobile app was no longer available, and the store's credit cards were no longer accepted.
Following the sudden closure of the grocery stores, former employees of both stores Sued the parent companyThey accused management of failing to give employees the necessary notice of termination or pay them appropriate severance pay.
Dom's just opened in June 2021.As a new concept from Mariano's founder Bob Mariano, he has teamed up with Jay Owen, a descendant of Dominick DiMatteo, founder of the Dominick's Finer Foods store chain, and former Dominick's executive Don Fitzgerald to create the new stores.
Prior to Dom's opening, the southwest corner of Diversey and Halsted was home to a strip mall that housed a Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins, Massage Envy and Performance Bicycle. The mall was completely renovated to accommodate the new Dom's.
Last November, Foxtrot Market and Dom's merged into a new entity, Outfox Hospitality. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy This was in May, a few weeks after all stores had closed.
Earlier this month, Foxtrot announced it was planning to reopen some of its Chicago locations. Mike Lavitola Take the helm again.
