Foxtrot markets, which closed without warning Tuesday, spread, Tatte-like, throughout the DC region after the chain’s 2021 debut in Georgetown. We asked staffers about their Foxtrot memories, the only premium snacks still available:
Caroline Frentz, social media producer:
“I will deeply miss their sour gummy snack mixes.”
Daniella Byck, lifestyle editor:
“Honestly, I owe my life to Foxtrot smoothies, always ordered after exclaiming, ‘It’s 3 PM already?!’ You have revived me from many a dark, hangry place, protecting my coworkers from knowing my true churlish nature. Now I fear nothing can save them!!!!”
Sylvie McNamara, staff writer:
“I once had a fight with my husband about a $40 bottle of non-alcoholic spirits purchased at the Georgetown Foxtrot. I believe he called it a “boondoggle.” I enjoyed my drinks very much and maintain that I was right.”
Arya Hodjat, editorial fellow:
“It was the only place around me to carry tall boys of Narragansett, so my Fridays just got a lot lamer.”
Jessica Ruf, assistant editor:
“I always thought their delivery trucks were a bit funny because the letters on them were jumbled in a way that it looked like ‘FOX ROT.'”
Omega Ilijevich, editorial fellow:
“Okay, I actually did always think about going in, but never did. It looked so bright and trendy on the inside that I assumed it must be expensive.”
Jacob Raim, senior director of digital:
“I went once and was frustrated they poured hot coffee over ice for their iced coffee. And my ice melted before I got out of the store.”
Andrew Beaujon, senior editor:
“I went in one once but I couldn’t figure out how much a sandwich cost, so I left. Now I’ll never know if I made a mistake.”
Ike Allen, assistant editor:
“Moving back to DC in 2023 was the first time I’d ever heard of Tatte or Foxtrot. And I never actually made it into a Foxtrot. So for me this is ‘so long Foxtrot, we hardly knew ye.'”
Anna Marina Savvidis, photo director:
“When I heard Foxtrot was closing, I thought, ‘What is Foxtrot,’ so I don’t think I will miss it too much.”
Jessica Sidman, food editor:
“Honestly? Nothing. There are much better locally owned gourmet bodegas in DC: Odd Provisions in Columbia Heights, Each Peach and Nido in Mount Pleasant, Sara’s Market in Georgetown, to name a few.”
