Only a few people showed up Sunday in Blagden Alley for the auction at Back Alley Waffles, the restaurant that closed last month and whose former employees say they worked for weeks without getting paid

The owner of the now-shuttered Back Alley Waffles owes former employees thousands of dollars in back pay, and he’s scraping together the money the only way he can—by auctioning off the restaurant’s equipment and supplies.

Two employees of the now-shuttered Back Alley Waffles say that they haven’t been paid over $1,500 worth of wages they earned, and they’re pissed about it.