Yahoo Autos Controversial Lexington coffee shop has left; new high profile restaurant moving in
A Kentucky chef recently named a James Beard award semi-finalist is opening her own local restaurant.
Sam Fore announced on her social media that she is planning to open Tuk Tuk Snack Shop at 124 Malabu Dr. Suite 110 in The Venue.
It’s the former location of Brewed coffee shop, which apparently is moving to a new location on Nicholasville Road, according to owner Andrew Cooperrider. The coffee shop closed in February, according to Cooperrider. He has not released the new location but said it will reopen to the public in June.
The coffee shop was ordered closed in November 2020 after Cooperrider refused to stop serving indoors during the COVID pandemic shutdown. He has since tried to impeach Gov. Andy Beshear and has sued the governor over the loss of his liquor license.
Cooperrider, who lost a campaign for the GOP nomination for a state Senate seat, now is running for state Treasurer.
New Sam Fore restaurant: Tuk Tuk Snack Shop
“We’ve saged, cleansed and purged any of the negative juju present out the doors, and are now in the process of building a kitchen and counter service restaurant we are going to be very proud of,” Fore wrote in her online newsletter.
