The hot dogs at Thoroughfare. In the center: pickled cabbage slaw with peppadew and whole grain mustard. The fast casual restaurant in Yarmouth has closed.
Photo by Nicole Wolf/courtesy of The Garrison Just over two months after closing his acclaimed Yarmouth fine dining restaurant The Garrison, chef-owner Christian Hayes announced on social media Tuesday evening that he has also closed his Main Street takeout restaurant Thoroughfare and the adjacent Dandy’s Handy Store, also in Yarmouth. On his personal Facebook page, Hayes offered a candid and detailed account of the hardships he and his companies experienced leading up to the closures. “Our companies grew very fast,” Hayes wrote.
“With the devastation of the pandemic came opportunity, which we seized and which seemed like the right direction – to push and play offense in the face of hardship. With all of the growth and expansion that we saw happening came this symbiotic relationship with social media, press, marketing, and exposure. “In the end, our operation was not capable of sustaining such challenges, and we began to suffer,” his post continued later.
“Badly. Our overhead was massive, carrying a monthly burden from our restaurant and catering buildout that continued to suck us dry.” Hayes, who could not immediately be reached to expand on his Facebook post, also offered a bleak assessment of what current local, national and global economic challenges – many of which were caused directly or indirectl.