![]() Our biggest challenge in the beginning was just our inexperience. It’s totally possible though – it just requires a lot of time and effort. It’s also expensive, so finding investors can be challenging. I think the hardest thing is building one from scratch, navigating all the building codes, tax laws, alcohol licensing, and everything else. Ha! Nothing is easy in the restaurant business. What have been the biggest challenges you’ve faced over the years? Then in 2013, I opened Horse Thief BBQ with my college friend Russell Malixi. and in 2006, I opened Thunderbird Coffee in Austin, TX with my brother Ryan. I started working a number of jobs in the restaurant industry, from barback, barista, bartender, etc. I studied business in college, but when it came time to go work in corporate America I found myself drawn to the restaurant business. I partially grew up in the restaurant business: my dad owned a couple cafes in Austin and my mother was an artist. Wade McElroy, Partner at Esprit de Corps, restaurant group responsible for Horse Thief BBQ, Cafe Birdie, Good Housekeeping, and Bar Angeles: Ultimately, leaving Universal to run Horse Thief BBQ full time has been a really rewarding experience, because I get to see a direct result of our efforts and we get to work with a great family at Grand Central Market. I would be sleeping in my car at Grand Central Market waiting for my alarm to go off and then I would run in and check on the smoker. In the beginning, Russell and I would even take turns manning the smoker, setting timers when we would have to check the temperature. When Horse Thief first opened, I was still working at Universal, which meant my girlfriend at the time hated me because I was always working, five days at Universal and the rest of the time was spent at Horse Thief. So when I finished culinary school, my hobby became more serious. I had gone to culinary school on the side, thinking it would broaden my experience and just be a hobby, but my work in the music business often took me to SXSW which is where I fell in love with BBQ. Russell introduced me to his college friend Wade and when the space became available at Grand Central Market, we decided to open Horse Thief BBQ. We had always had the idea to try to open a restaurant. ![]() I actually started in the IT field, in the music business, which is where I met Russell. Last year, he was jailed for four months in connection with a large spate of commercial burglaries in Bideford.So let’s start at the beginning – how’d you get into the restaurant business? It is the latest conviction for Britton Britton. He is also banned from being in the company of two other persons. The order also prohibits any entry to a premises from which Mr Britton has received a banning letter within Devon and Cornwall. The CBO prohibits Britton from entering Asda stores in Bideford and Barnstaple, Texaco service station in Bideford and Bideford Morrisons. ![]() He must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and a rehabilitation activity requirement. ![]() His offences included stealing a bike worth £1,600 from outside a gym, taking a toaster and kettle from B&M and entering the Factory Shop in High Street with intent to steal perfume worth £1,800.īritton was given 15 months in jail, suspended for 24 months when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court. He will also have to do unpaid work as part of his sentence."īritton, aged 23, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to five offences of theft committed in February of this year and two burglaries in September of last year. We want to sent a strong message to people in the Bideford community that we will seek tough resolutions in court for people like Britton and they won't go unpunished. Sgt Glyn Clark, of the Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: "We have applied for and successfully been granted with a CBO for Britton. Read more: Devon Lidl plans 'will kill town stone dead' Police had been hoping he would be locked up but Britton walked free with a suspended sentence. It comes after his latest bout of stealing, which included him leaving Asda with Champagne, whisky and a TV without paying.īritton appeared at court this week after admitting seven offences. He's also banned from the Texaco service station and a number of other buildings. ![]() Quinn Britton has become such a pest in Bideford that a Criminal Behaviour Order now prohibits him from entering Asda and Morrisons. A prolific thief has been slapped with a supermarket banning order after a shoplifting spree in his home town in Devon. ![]()
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