Food-hall-styled restaurant Choice Authentic is no longer coming to the vacant corner of Dempster Street and Dodge Avenue after co-owners ended their lease agreement with the Heartwood Center on May 14.
Gabi Walker-Aguilar and her husband, Byron Glapion, partnered with Nancy Floy, the founder and director of the Heartwood Center, in August 2025 to place a bid for 1826-30 Dempster St.
They hoped to bring a healthy food option to the corner rather than see a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen open there…