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Trendy Corner Store Foxtrot Gets Meeting To Open 2nd Lincoln Park Location

By Mina Bloom | October 7, 2016 11:36am
 Foxtrot's existing Lincoln Park location at 2229 N. Clybourn Ave.
Foxtrot's existing Lincoln Park location at 2229 N. Clybourn Ave.
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LINCOLN PARK — Plans to open a second Foxtrot location in Lincoln Park are one step closer to becoming a reality.

The Chicago-based food and alcohol delivery startup is seeking a liquor license for a proposed brick-and-mortar shop in a former bank building at 900 W. Armitage Ave., according to the neighborhood group Sheffield Neighborhood Association.

Representatives from Foxtrot will pitch neighbors at an upcoming community meeting, which is set for Nov. 3 at St. Teresa of Avila Community Center, 1950 N. Kenmore Ave., beginning at 6:30 p.m. Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) and the neighborhood group will co-host the meeting.

Neighbors have voiced strong opposition to alcohol sales on Armitage before. 

A proposal to build a Walgreens at 834 W. Armitage Ave. was so controversial that Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) imposed a moratorium on alcohol sales on the north side of Armitage Avenue form Halsted Street to Fremont Street in 2013. 

Though the storefront sits just outside of the district, it still might be a tough sell.

Plus, the storefront sits in the Armitage-Halsted landmark district, which the city calls "one of the finest nineteenth-century neighborhood commercial streetscapes remaining in Chicago." The designation limits the amount of changes Foxtrot could make to the building.

Foxtrot's hours of operations would be Sunday - Thursday from 7 a.m. - 11 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays from 7 a.m.- 12 a.m., according to Sheffield Neighborhood Association.

Foxtrot didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

The startup already has two storefronts, one in Lincoln Park at 2229 N. Clybourn Ave., and another in the West Loop at 1019 W. Lake St. 

The storefronts stock and sell curated groceries and alcohol like Lagunitas beer and Koval spirits, Publican Quality Meats bread and Creminelli cheeses and even gifts such as locally-made candles and barware sets.

It's the brick-and-mortar version of the Foxtrot app, which is like Grubhub but for locally-made party snacks. Crain's described it as the "corner store updated for the Uber generation."

“We’re not replacing the weekly grocery trip,” CEO Mike LaVitola told the Tribune. “It’s more for people who have something coming up in the next few hours.”

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