The four co-owners know one another from living in the neighborhood. Each left a long-term position in the food industry to rent the Rowhouse from owners who’d recently renovated the building after it had sat dormant for about 30 years. “We felt we had skills to use in a way that could help lots of people,” Holman said. Two of the group ran an outdoor market in the summer and fall of 2017 and were encouraged by the “curious food traffic.”