Alarcon, the architect of the restaurant’s multilayered meals-in-a-cup menu, submitted his resignation to his partners on Saturday and was working with an attorney to legally untangle himself from the restaurant at 760 N. Tyndall Ave.
“This is just the first step of me removing myself from this company,” he said, noting that he spent hours Friday night reaching out to diners, investors, employees and customers.
“I don’t know the reasoning for this,” he said, adding that business at the restaurant, which opened in early 2016 and moved to the North Tyndall Avenue space in April, had been good.
“We catered to several teams at the UA, plus the Alumni Association just picked us up as their preferred caterer this year. With all this coming on board with us, we were ecstatic,” Alarcon said.
Alarcon said the Facebook post and backlash cost the restaurant supporters and customers. Its 4.9-star Facebook rating, “which we worked really hard to get,” was at two stars by the time the page was deleted, he said.