Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Fort Defiance
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/fort.defiance
Updated at: 2026-06-02T05:00:45Z

Tagline: The beloved restaurant in Red Hook, Brooklyn, has a bright future as a grocery and general store
Elevator pitch: We offer organic produce, well-sourced fish and meat, fresh bread and pastry baked on premises, delicious prepared foods, rotisserie chicken, cold wine, beer, and cocktails, and more to the people of Red Hook, Brooklyn, and beyond.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 108242 | citation: https://wefunder.com/fort.defiance#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 107 | citation: https://wefunder.com/fort.defiance#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 108242 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:00:45Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:00:45Z
- Total investors: 107 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:00:45Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:00:45Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 108242
- total_investors: 107
- team_size: 1
- featured_investor_count: 1
- faq_count: 1
- recent_post_count: 2

Quick facts:
- 🏙 Establish the new permanent home of Fort Defiance, a Red Hook, Brooklyn institution since 2009 | citation: https://wefunder.com/fort.defiance#claim-fact-1
- 👨‍🍳 Team with combined 40 years of experience as chefs and restauranteurs | citation: https://wefunder.com/fort.defiance#claim-fact-2
- 📰 Consistently praised by press, including the New York Times, Bon Appétit, New York Magazine, etc | citation: https://wefunder.com/fort.defiance#claim-fact-3
- 📈 Revenues have increased every year of business pre-COVID | citation: https://wefunder.com/fort.defiance#claim-fact-4
- 💪 New location has 2x square footage, 2x production space, and space for 40-person outdoor seating | citation: https://wefunder.com/fort.defiance#claim-fact-5

FAQ:
- Q: I can't see the current update about FD closing
  A: I'll paste it here: Dear friends, I am sad to tell you that Fort Defiance will permanently close. Our last dinner service will be December 3, 2023. The decision to close was very difficult for me to make. But after 16 months of being fully operational, it’s clear that the business just can’t meet the revenue projections that I created before we opened. This past October was one of our best months in sales, and it was still 36% off what I imagined a typical month would look like. And when the ...

Recent posts:
- APPROVED! (2022-03-21T22:05:49Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/153797
- Feeling blue (in a good way!) (2021-05-16T18:39:30Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/145055