Pi Pizza, Star Fish May Soon Have New Leadership
Pi Pizza and Star Fish may soon be out of Cherry Pie Hospitality's hands, too.
Eater first reported that Pi Pizza had filed for a food-and-beverage certificate, plus other permits, with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission on Monday, listing Michael Sambrooks and David Sambrooks as managers. Michael Sambrooks owns the Pit Room in Montrose.
A spokesperson for Cherry Pie Hospitality said "nothing is purchased currently" and both Pi and Star Fish are still under the Cherry Pie banner.
This comes at the end of a month in which Cherry Pie has been in the news and has seen its portfolio shrink. On August 2 Pi Pizza and nearby Star Fish were locked out of their locations for a day because of a banking snafu. A week later it was revealed that Cherry Pie was involved in a $1 million lawsuit because of an alleged breach in contract over the planned location of Lee's Creamery. A week after that State Fare Kitchen and Bar was sold to Culinary Khancepts. And on Friday, CultureMap reported that Petite Sweets was closing a day later.
The Cherry Pie spokesperson had no comment about Lee's Fried Chicken & Donuts, the Cherry Pie business started by its founder Lee Ellis, who left the company in March.
We'll update this story if necessary.
