A very sad explanation for why a Sydney restaurant Unfortunately, the Sausage Factory has decided to close.
A Sydney restaurant owner has revealed the unexpected, and financially unrelated, reason why she must permanently close her popular eatery.
A Sydney restaurant owner broke down in tears and announced she was closing the business permanently, citing a lack of customers and employees as the reasons.
This year has seen the closure of a number of small businesses across Australia, the most recent being a popular Brisbane bakery by the name of Bella and Tortie, whose owner cited a lack of available workers, the rising cost of ingredients, and the supply chain crisis as the reasons for the business’s demise.
Chrissy Flanagan, owner of the Inner West Sydney restaurant and bar The Sausage Factory, announced on social media that she and business partner Jim were divorcing, causing the restaurant to close.
The couple opened their business in 2018, selling free-range, gourmet sausages and beers made in a small closet in the back of the on-site factory using Australian Indigenous ingredients.
Chrissy’s “sad” announcement that the restaurant would close permanently in ten days was made on December 17. Chrissy was well-known for knitting sausage decorations for the venue at the large table in the window.
Ex-spouse Jim and I both feel incredibly attached to it because it is truly our baby. “We have tried to make it work as business partners and unsurprisingly, being two months apart, it is hard and we haven’t been able to manage it,” she said in a TikTok video.
Since neither of us thinks it’s fair or desirable for one of us to run it alone, we’ve made the difficult decision to end operations.
It’s a tragic situation. I had never worked in customer service in my life up until the moment we opened The Sausage Factory; consequently, I had to Google, “How do you take an order?” just like Jim did. We are both so proud of what we have created; he is an amazing chef but had never worked in a kitchen before.
She went on to say that after five and a half years, the restaurant had reached “the end of the road,” though sausage making classes would continue and the two former partners would go on to pursue other exciting and fruitful endeavors.
She broke down in sobs as she said, “Sometimes you have to let go of the things that you really, really love as it’s just over, it was precious and it’s over.”
Sausage Factory’s website advertised “a rowdy atmosphere, an epic playlist, and very detailed information about the origin of your beer and sausage,” and the restaurant stocked 35 beers and wine made by women.
According to the website, all of the sausages are made in-house using only certified-free-range, humanely raised, high-quality ingredients and are twisted by hand in small batches.
Many people expressed their regret at the closure of the business and congratulated the two former partners on their “incredible accomplishment” in the comments section.
It was obvious that you two cared deeply about the Sausage Factory. One commentator put it this way: “When a business closes, the loss is real, but the spirit you infused into it returns to you, and you’ll infuse that spirit into your next endeavor.”
Another user commented, “Two major changes at once is hard, be kind to yourself.”
Please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you. In a previous life, my husband and I ran a bakery, and we almost followed in his footsteps. It broke my heart and I felt like I was suffocating. One woman advised, “Give yourself time to feel sad, angry, and angry at the world,” before picking up the pieces and looking for a new dream.
