Seems only fair to post the comments-includung one from an "insider" and the "new owner" on the recent e-mail from Shane. It occurs to me that there is no way to be sure of the veracity of the authors below, but it looks like the whole story is revealed. January 30, 2008 Subject-RIP Front Door Filed under: About Town — boiseboy @ 7:59 pm
This arrived in my in box, with the above subject line. It runs as written. . .
Hello to all, I have some sad news to pass on to everyone. As of today the Front Door as we know and love has gone. A new owner has purchased the place and let me go. It will now become part of the Reef and its management team. Alex has left on his own accord and I am not sure who of the remaining staff will stay. I may have bad things to say about this, but unlike one of my trusted former employees I will not bad mouth anyone; that wouldn’t help my future cause, you know karma. I promise this, I will resurface, and as long as I am here, I will make sure there is a beer scene of this magnitude in Boise. I, along with Matt from the Co-op, are going to plan a wake for the Front Door so we can all say goodbye. We are going to plan it sometime soon so I will keep you updated on that. If it is alright I am going to hold on to all of your email addresses so I can keep you updated on what is going on with my future plans. There is one keg of Abyss left which I am sure they will be tapping soon. Thank you to all of you for the support you have shown our cause. I have truly loved creating the Front Door and getting to know all of you. I will be in touch, Shane
Comment by A. Non Amouse — January 30, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
2. sad :( I have always liked that place.
Comment by Elissa :) — January 30, 2008 @ 8:33 pm
3. Well… Technically Dave Krick had nothing to do with this decision. The Reef & Front Door were under new ownership when this particular unceremonious torching of talent occurred. We create enough of our own bad press… some of which we deserve, and some of which is at least slightly misconstrued… Let’s allow the new owners of Reef to generate their own press if that’s what’s going on here. Kevin Kelpe
Comment by insider. — January 31, 2008 @ 3:07 pm
4. I don’t understand the first reply. He says in his e-mail that another person had bought the Reef & Front Door. What does the firing have to do with Dave Krick? I say kudos to Dave Krick for finally selling those places. He never should have opened them in the first place. ;)
Comment by Jeff — February 1, 2008 @ 2:34 pm
5. This whole thing is ridiculous. Mainly because of the clusterfuck that is occurring for the servers. I don’t think having new managers that don’t know anything about the beer we serve is conducive to our business. The worst part is the new manager (the reefs gm) has been picking fights with servers and staff at the Front Door since Krick brought her on, she doesn’t care about the Front Door. Comment by employee — February 2, 2008 @ 2:08 pm
6. So what’s the deal,â€employee†seems to think Dave Krick is behind this. Isn’t the Reef still part of the Krick group? The way employee speaks of the new management sure sounds like Krick!!!!
Comment by A. Non Amouse — February 2, 2008 @ 2:19 pm
7. DON’T CHANGE A THING!! IF YOU START SERVING DOMESTIC CRAP - I WILL NEVER EVER GO BACK AGAIN!!! KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME - IF THE NEW OWNER COMPLAINS - TELL THEM %^#^%$&%&*^%&^ THAT THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT!!
Comment by Front Door Customer — February 2, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
8. No Krick sold it to the same owner of legends sports bar at the Edward’s complex. Shane being fired isn’t Krick’s fault, the new owner fired him, and he hasn’t told us why. Reef sold with the Front Door, and the new owner is combining the staff, and management, meaning that the Reef management stayed and is now the front door management. A lot of our regulars have concerns about the new owner not keeping the format. As of now, we have been told that absolutely nothing is going to change….
Comment by Emp — February 2, 2008 @ 3:28 pm
9. All of this chatter does not accurately reflect my intent to keep intact EVERYTHING that has been so masterfully built by many. I will give proper credit to Shane for imparting his skilled touch in the whole process! In passing the torch, we have much work to do to continue it’s evolution. Please be assured we will not dispoint the discriminating beer lovers! Comment by The New Owner — February 2, 2008 @ 5:14 pm