Outpost Kitchen Bar & Provisions has been evicted from its high-profile spot in Maitland after it had allegedly fallen $64,000 behind on its rent, court records indicate.
An eviction order from the Clerk of the County Court on Oct. 25 directed the Orange County Sheriff’s Office to remove Rockwater Development LLC, which does business as Outpost, and “all persons” from 111 S. Orlando Ave. suites A and B in Maitland, the records show.
In a Facebook post Friday, the restaurant said the eviction happened Thursday and the business was closed.
“As you can imagine, we are currently trying to navigate the surprise of the events that occurred yesterday,” the post said. “The morning started out with a gas leak, and then, despite months of re-negotiations with our landlord, ended when they closed our doors.
“Between that, and not being able to recover from the expenses of opening during a pandemic and then this extraordinarily slow summer, it is with an extremely heavy heart that we are forced to close our family business,” the post read.
A sign on the restaurant’s door Friday advertised the space as available for lease.
The court file also contained a complaint from April that claimed the landlord was owed more than $64,000 for rent. A circuit judge in May ruled the landlord was entitled to recover the property and directed the Clerk of the Court to issue the eviction order.
No one answered the restaurant’s phone on Friday and an emailed list of questions was not immediately answered.
Outpost signed a deal in 2019 to become an anchor restaurant tenant in the Maitland City Centre project after deciding to close its location on Edgewater Drive in Orlando’s College Park neighborhood. The restaurant originally opened in 2015.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in an unsigned statement the agency is responsible for carrying out the eviction, but there would not be a report filed for something like that.
