
Max’s paid Wolverine $100,000 out of a $500,000 contract that Sellers personally guaranteed, according to a court filing. The company was sued April 16 in Kent County Circuit Court by Grand Rapids-based contractor Wolverine Building Group Inc. Separately, Sellers is the owner of tiki bar Max’s South Seas Hideaway at 58 Ionia Ave. HopCat: Good Happy Hour, great time to avoid a wait - See 910 traveler reviews, 150 candid photos, and great deals for Grand Rapids, MI, at Tripadvisor. In a statement, HopCat said it planned to honor all customer gift cards and loyalty programs and pay employee wages and benefits and vendors and suppliers “in a timely fashion.” All of BarFly’s restaurants have been closed since mid March because of the coronavirus. Sellers anticipates 12 HopCat sites will reopen. The company filed for bankruptcy on the same day it announced that its Michigan restaurant locations would be reopening on June 13, with Nebraska and Indiana locations to follow on June 22. as an investment banker.īarFly is represented in the case by Warner Norcross + Judd LLP and Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP. In a board resolution authorizing the company to file for Chapter 11, the company said it has also engaged Rock Creek Advisors LLC to provide financial advisory services and Mastodon Ventures Inc.

Other West Michigan-based unsecured creditors include Consumers Energy ($35,400), Happy PR ($14,000) and HR Collaborative LLC ($6,337).īarFly estimates that it has 50-99 creditors, according to the court filing. Others include Grand Rapids-based Gordon Food Service for more than $1.7 million and Kalamazoo-based property owner Innovo Development, the landlord for the HopCat location in Royal Oak, for $79,517. Butchers Cuts Japanese white sweet potato, feta, honey, cultured butter, baby kale, dill. Sellers said negotiations will continue with the creditor: “I don’t know what it’s ultimately going to mean.” The largest unsecured creditor is Jeffersonville, Ind.-based First Savings Bank Small Business Lending for $6.6 million for a Paycheck Protection Program Loan. We can’t sustain a business having dead rent.” We closed those restaurants but we couldn’t get out of the leases. This location is just as good, if not better, than the downtown location They have a really fun outdoor patio that's been enclosed for the last few months with a bit of a greenhouse feel, with lanterns and greenery and wooden tables (not picnic tables). Those three in particular were losing money.

Lucie, Fla., “were a drag on the company. The event was open to anyone and everyone who brought an item for the Boys & Girls Clubs of. Last week, HopCat was evicted from its Royal Oak location after being unable to make lease payments. The Treasure Coast Justice Association ended 2019 with a Holiday Happy Hour at HopCat on December 11th. Sellers said the restaurants and bars will reopen amid the bankruptcy proceeding. The company also runs Grand Rapids Brewing Co.

BarFly operates more than a dozen HopCat locations in Grand Rapids, Holland, Kalamazoo and East Lansing, as well as in Southeast Michigan and throughout the Midwest.
