The upscale convenience store Foxtrot is returning to business, opening its fifth Chicago location Thursday after its former parent company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy earlier this year.

Outfox Hospitality, the company created in a merger between the convenience store and grocery store Dom’s Kitchen and Market, filed for bankruptcy in April and closed all of its stores in Illinois, Texas and Washington D.C.

The new location is located in the River North neighborhood, according Chicago ABC affiliate WLS.

Foxtrot co-founder Mike LaVitola and private equity and venture capital firm Further Point Enterprises purchased the assets from the bankrupted company for $2.2 million in an auction in May, according to Eater Chicago.

LaVitola told the food outlet in September that the venture plans on reopening "around 15 stores total" in Chicago and Texas. The store had 33 locations before the bankruptcy.

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USA TODAY reached out to LaVitola but did not receive an immediate response.

Illinois Department of Labor seeking backpay for laid off workers

The Illinois Department of Labor announced that it will continue to seek over $3.8 million in back wages and benefits for over 350 workers affected by the April closures on the same day as the reopening.

The department said in a press release that Outfox did not comply with Illinois WARN Act procedures, citing bankruptcy proceedings. A former employee opened a class action lawsuit against the stores the day after the abrupt closings on the same grounds.

The WARN Act requires employers to provide at least 60 days advance written notice of a closure.

The IDOL said that it began its attempt to recover the money through bankruptcy proceedings in September, when Foxtrot locations reopened.

"In cases such as these, the Department is committed to pursuing all legal paths against employers who fail to abide by their obligations under WARN," IDOL Director Jane Flanagan said in the press release.