As many of you know, The Starbucks on Village Center Circle in Summerlin, closed in June after 25 years at that location. Many people mourned the loss of their place for a coffee fix. Do not despair! Help is on the way.
The Foxtail Coffee Co., founded in 2016 in Florida, is going into the former Starbucks space. Hooray! After a discussion with Foxtail’s founder, Alex Tchekmeian, the RJ learned that replacing a Starbucks is only the start of what Foxtail is percolating in Las Vegas.
Actually, there are two Foxtail coffee shops in the works, the Summerlin shop, and a flagship shop that will be in southwest Vegas. This is what we know so far about these high-profile additions to the city’s coffee culture.
■ Foxtail Coffee Co. currently has 56 locations across Florida and neighboring Georgia. Nevada will be the third state in which Foxtail operates.
■ The company chose Vegas, in part, because Foxtail already has a relationship with the franchisee of the shops here. However, Vegas will also serve as a test market of sorts, allowing Foxtail to identify and correct logistics and supply chain issues before potential expansion elsewhere in the western part of the country.
■ Foxtail has experience opening in former Starbucks. Tchekmeian said, the company has done quite a few Starbucks takeovers, and that Foxtail wants to be that neighborhood place where people meet, spend time, and hang out
■ Construction will begin soon on the Summerlin shop, with a goal of opening by the end of 2023.
■ The southwest Vegas shop, including a drive-thru, is under construction at 9490 W. Russell Road, with a planned debut in September. Swine & Sons, a Michelin-recognized culinary partner of Foxtail back in Florida, will serve its Southern-inspired menu at both locations (Nashville hot chicken, smash burgers, barbecue, etc.).
■ The Foxtail roastery in central Florida will be doing the roasting, with the products then shipped to Vegas.
■ The look of the Vegas coffee shops will be similar to other Foxtails, offering a “modern industrial feel” mingling tile, wood, and custom tables fashioned in the company’s Florida millworks.
■ The Strip? Tchekmeian said That’s something we can consider one day”.
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