Taylor Gourmet is, in fact, coming back 鈥� and we don鈥檛 mean co-founder Casey Patten鈥檚 new sandwich spot with at The Wharf with a similar menu.
According to Washingtonian, Source Cuisine outbid Patten and restaurant chain Cosi for the shuttered Philly-style hoagie chain鈥檚 assets in a bankruptcy auction the WBJ first reported in December. Source Cuisine owner Steve Kalifa is currently negotiating with landlords to reopen at least five former Taylor Gourmet restaurants by August, according to the report.
鈥淏ased on the research we did, it has a lot of followers,鈥� Kalifa told Washingtonian. 鈥淚 think the concept didn鈥檛 fail. I believe the management failed, so we want to learn from that and take it to the next level.鈥�
Kalifa paid about $260,000 for Taylor Gourmet鈥檚 assets, including its trademarks, client lists and recipes, and has raised about $2.5 million to bring the business back to life, according to the report. He鈥檚 also taken over the management agreement of鈥�
