BY KRISTINA ROSEN
Is there a better time to launch a new restaurant than amid a global pandemic? Probably, but that didn’t stop Bazaar Eatery from doing so.
From the people who brought you Gringos Food Truck, along with two former employees of Crank & Boom Ice Cream, comes Lexington’s latest food concept inside the new Ethereal Brewing on Vine Street.
Last summer, Ethereal Brewing bought a building on West Vine with plans to open a second location with a restaurant inside. The brewery approached Abdallah Hmoud and Seneca Holden of Crank & Boom to provide the food service within the new space. Hmoud and Holden then asked Mitch Boggs and Justin Whittingham of Gringos Food Truck to join them; knowing that Gringos was looking to transition their food truck concept into a more permanent location.
Gringos Food Truck launched three years ago and found a name for itself throughout the Lexington bar scene, but that was only the start. Bazaar Eatery takes the same dishes you loved from Gringos and adds, you guessed it, a bizarre twist.
Bazaar Eatery opened for takeout on Monday, April 13, about four weeks after the temporary shutdown of in-person dining at restaurants.
With opening a new food concept during a pandemic, Whittingham admits it’s been interesting, specifically the social dynamic of the situation.
“People have been excited to see Gringos grow into something else in a more permanent location,” says Whittingham. “We don’t have that grand opening feeling yet, but we will.”
Launching this new food concept during a pandemic has turned out to be an easy transition from a food truck, since it’s a similar process of having people walk up and order for carryout.
Bazaar Eatery is located at 102 W Vine St. Open Monday through Saturday, 11 am to 9 pm for takeout, and closed on Sunday.
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