DEWEY BEACH,Del.-Along the bay side in Dewey Beach there is a new restaurant and bar making progress on construction, and it could open in the summer.

The town says this spot is ideal for sunset, near the famous lighthouse in town.The Lighthouse Restaurant and Sunset Bar on Dickinson Street is set to open by summer.

Scott Koenig, the Town Manager for Dewey Beach said,"The town is very excited about all of the improvements including the new restaurant. It's been a very long construction time line. Now that we're coming to the end there's a whole lot of excitement for the upcoming season."

TKO Hospitality, the group in charge of the project likes the progress it has made.The company said, The Lighthouse Restaurant and Sunset Barwill feature live entertainment, fresh seafood, local beers, cocktails and a revamped menu.People who visit the area say it will be nice to see the updates near the bay.

Richard McGarvey, from Millsboro said,"Well it's replacing a place that was there, that was right on the water, so yeah it'll be fine."

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Despite the rain and poor weather, Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel are still on schedule and making good progress, according to a press release.

Oak Grove Racing and Gaming recently announced that they are expected to finish construction by the end of the summer, predicting to be done by July.

According to the press release, the fifth floor of the hotel is estimated to be finished by the end of February and to have all of the Historic Racing Machines installed by mid-March.

Officials added that by that time, the pace of change will likely increase as the weather is expected to dry out.

In early February, Churchill Downs Incorporated announced the hiring of Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotels new president and general manager, Darold Londo. Shortly after, Oak Grove Racing and Gaming signed John Derby as the new chief financial officer.

Oak Grove Gaming, Racing and Hotel is set to open this summer and will host 128 luxury rooms and suites, a Historic Racing Machines venue with over 1,300 games, racing and equine facilities, multiple bars and restaurants and more.

In Februarys press release, officials announced the facility will also host a 30-space RV park and an amphitheater featuring fixed seating as well as room for lawn chairs, blankets, etc.

Oak Grove Tourism Commission also recently announced that Tourism would be partnering with Racing and Gaming to host events at its new amphitheater should Tourisms Valor Hall not be able to meet needs of certain events.

Racing and Gaming also released its restaurant and bar lineup. The hotel will feature Garrison Oak Steakhouse, Peek-A-Boo Bar and VIP Lounge, Sgt. Peppers Burgers and PoBoys, Lucky Lime Tex-Me and ODark Thirty Coffee Shop.

While Oak Grove Racing and Gaming continues planning for the official opening of the hotel and begins its second season of racing, the business plans to participate in more community events.

It will be taking part in the Compass Awards event on Mar. 5, Fort Campbell Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program 2020 Spring Job Fair Mar. 17-18 and Spring into Summer Salutes Fort Campbell Festival on May 23-24.

Racing, Gaming and Hotel is also looking to fill these job opportunities: director of facilities, food and beverage positions, human resources positions, hotel positions, security, accounting managers, internal audit positions, marketing and purchasing, guest services, executive chef, executive housekeeper and executive assistant.

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Look at the two-dozen empty storefronts in the seat of Sullivan County, Monticello. No way would you think that the long-dreamed casino neighboring this village has done what it, and many of its supporters, promised:

To reinvent, revitalize and reimagine the region, said the CEO of Empire Resorts, the company that, until several months ago, ran the struggling $1 billion casino, Resorts World Catskills, which on Feb. 8 celebrated its two-year anniversary and is now owned and run by Genting.

But look just beyond those storefronts to some of the established businesses of Monticello and to the town that hosts the casino, Thompson. You'll find benefits few could have imagined on that cold December day in 2014 when the state chose the Sullivan County resort casino then called Montreign over eight other regional contenders and made decades of casino dreams and schemes come true.

Just about every week for the past two years, Monticello Greenhouses florist which is actually in the Town of Thompson has been delivering at least 25 arrangements of flowers like gladiolas, birds of paradise and carnations for the lobby, spa, rooms and high-rolling areas of the casino at the site of the old Concord resort. When the casino hosts special events like weddings or holiday celebrations, the nearly century-old family business increases its delivery to the tune of 1,500 poinsettias at Christmas. All of which has meant about 5-7 percent of its business, says Greenhouses' owner, David Heins.

A nice shot in the arm you can count on every week, he says.

Talk to a long-time business owner in Monticello, which, during the heyday of the resort-filled Catskills, was bustling with strollers on a Broadway lined with businesses like the Rialto movie theater, Kaplan's Deli and the Elegante gift shop.

Les Kristt's Kristt Kelly Office Systems supplies the copy/printing machines for all of the offices in the casino some 30 in all along with office supplies like envelopes and paper.

And they all have service contracts, says Kristt.

Another venerable Monticello business that's profiting from the casino and its eating/drinking spots is the 52-year-old family-run Monticello Bagel Bakery, which bakes some 40-50 dozen bagels a week for the casino along with another often larger order for the Kartrite Resort and Indoor Water Park next to the casino.

It's great they're using local products, says co-owner Craig Fleischman.

Then there's the approximately $7.4 million Sullivan County and the Town of Thompson has each received from the casino's one-time licensing fee ($2.5 million each), and quarterly slot machine revenue ($4.9 million each) payments. Plus, the town, county and Monticello school district have received a total of about $5 million in payments in lieu of taxes from the casino during construction and operation.

All of which has contributed to a 20 percent decrease in taxes in the Town of Thompson over the last four years, along with the replacement of some 60 percent of its fleet of snow plows and new commercial and retail activity, according to Thompson Supervisor Bill Rieber. Most of the county's casino revenue has gone to its general fund, with about $704,000 earmarked for road machinery equipment in 2020.

We've had growth where we've never had growth, says Rieber, who also owns Rieber Realty in Monticello and cites such new casino-inspired businesses that have opened or are set to open like Marshall's, Taco Bell and the new Urgent Care Center of Catskill Regional Medical Center.

Plus, Resorts World has about 1,400 employees down from nearly 1,700 when it opened who receive salaries and benefits packages more generous than the average Sullivan compensation. Resorts World dealers can initially earn between $50,000-$55,000 depending on tips, with access to benefits like health insurance and a 401K plan in this county where the average per capita annual income is about $29,000. The casino's heftier salaries and benefits have also meant that several local businesses have lost workers to Resorts World or had to up their own compensation.

Businesses have lost employees (to the casino), but that's created openings for new employees; that's what economic development is all about, says Sullivan County Center for Workplace Development Director Laura Quigley.

Two years after it opened, Resorts World Catskills may not be the savior fulfilling the potential to revive a once thriving resort destination area that has experienced a significant downturn , as the state said when it chose the casino - as evidenced by those empty shops in Monticello, and the region's highest poverty rate of 16%. But even after losing more than $200 million, slashing its workforce and downsizing its gaming operation, the casino has provided a shot in the economic arm in this county where, about 21 years ago, 1,000 job seekers lined up for $6.50 an hour jobs at the new Monticello Wal-Mart.

Is it the be-all and end-all? No, says Sullivan County legislator Ira Steingart, a longtime casino supporter and chairman of the Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency whose printing business, Steingart Associates, prints gift certificates, menus and table cards for the casino. But in the last few years, the county has had a turnaround and the casino has gotten us in the right direction for developers to be attracted to the area.

We had zero before, so any impact has been positive, says Monticello Mayor Gary Sommers, whose village sits in the Town of Thompson but was not included in any of the state's casino revenue sharing from slot machines and the licensing fee that was earmarked for host towns and counties and even nearby counties like Orange (about $5.4 million) and Ulster (about $2.6 million). Sommers says Monticello does receive about $35,000 to $40,000 per year for providing water to the casino.

Much of that impact has been those spinoff businesses the casino and its 1,400 employees and three million visitors have generated at places like Monticello Greenhouses, Kristt Company, Steingart Printing, Thompson Sanitation, which hauls the casino's trash, Albella Italian restaurant and gas stations and convenience stores like Tommy's Mobil, where folks who stay at the casino's hotel have often stopped for packaged beer and gas. Even Monticello's Ethelbert B. Crawford Library has seen increased activity in the form of employees who've just moved to the county and get new library cards and use its notary public and computers.

The indirect spending to serve the casino can be bigger than the direct spending; says Steve Rittvo, former chair of the Innovation Group casino consultants who now heads the casino development company, Innovation Project Development.

He's not surprised that many shops remain empty in Monticello because the patrons don't shop in the community. The big money comes from supplying the casino, and, he adds, from new employees using services in the community, such as gas stations, medical offices and restaurants.

Some of that indirect spending includes buying pastries from DeFillipi's Bakery in Monticello, which was a go-to breakfast and lunch spot for casino employees during construction, as well as providing pastries and sandwiches for meetings in on-site trailers. While the bakery no longer provides baked goods on a regular basis for Resorts World, it does supply pastries for special events like weddings and anniversaries as well as creating high-end gift boxes of pastries for the rooms of high rollers.

Then there's another homegrown business that's profiting in a somewhat surprising way from the casino and its nine restaurants and eating/drinking spots.

CES (Combined Energy Services) of Monticello may be best known for supplying oil and propane to scores of local customers throughout the region. But for Resorts World, it provides gallons and gallons of the CO2 needed for its carbonated beverages and to adjust the pH levels in its several pools, both in its spa and in its private suites. Plus, Resorts World's vehicles often fill up on gas and diesel fuel at CES' Monticello gas station.

They're a good customer, says CES owner Michael Taylor. It all adds up.

Indeed it does, says another long-time casino supporter and owner of several businesses, Randy Resnick, whose Rez-Bear Energy supplies propane gas for the smaller hotel at Resorts World, the Alder. Plus, his upscale Rock Hill restaurant, BHR, and his Ramada Rock Hill at Sullivan Center hotel attract casino guests seeking dining and lodging alternatives particularly on the weekends, or when Resorts World's two hotels are packed and charge much more than their $79 and $59 (at the Alder) per night mid-week rate that can undercut nearby hotels, like his, which has also lost employees to the casino.

And when the casino wanted to attract Player's Club gamblers to a recent Valentine's Day weekend, it showcased Ani and Alex and Pandora jewelry from Gallery of the Lakes in Rock Hill.

Plus, having such a huge business that needs everything from plumbing supplies to pastries has created an unforeseen benefit. The casino has helped area businesses make connections with one another and find new outlets for business.

A. Alport and Son plumbing and heating supplies of South Fallsburg, which supplied everything from toilets and sinks to pipe fittings during construction, is still reaping benefits from its work on the casino the largest project it ever completed. Because it worked with Thomas J. Kempton mechanical contractor of Middletown, it's now working with the company on the Legoland theme park in Orange County.

The biggest impact has been the relationship we formed with other vendors during construction, says Alport president Dory Alport. Working on the casino gave us exposure to other projects we wouldn't otherwise have been exposed to.

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A popular East End restaurant in Rochester is closing, at least for now. A notice on the website for City Grill, at the corner of East Avenue and Alexander Street, says the restaurant will be closing its doors on Thursday, after what the notice says was a beautiful 5 year run.

The note says that the decision was made by the owners and management because of complications related to the construction of a new hotel, at what is now the East Avenue Inn and Suites.

Developers are planning a new Courtyard by Marriott at that site. They broke ground on the project in October, with completion expected in October 2020.

The owners of City Grill say that they hope to eventually be able to re-open next to the new hotel.

The event spaces at Ballroom 384 will continue to be active. The note from City Grill says they are hoping that the renovation work at that corner will be a catalyst for the re-branding of the East Ave. and Alexander St. area.

A statement from City Hall spokesman Justin Roj, said that, "We eagerly await the reopening of the City Grill upon completion of the Marriott hotel on the adjacent property. We understand that the ongoing construction has greatly impacted the restaurant's parking and access to the site. However, the ownership team's investment in the new hotel and their plans to reopen the restaurant demonstrate the continued economic growth in the East End and throughout Downtown Rochester."

Roj also said that the City of Rochester issued a loan in 2011 to the owners of the City Grill that was paid off in full in 2017.

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The building has sat empty for more than three years, southwest of Gainesvilles downtown restaurant and nightlife area, but a developer now has its eyes on the Jones B-Side restaurant property.

Trimark Properties in September submitted plans to tear down the abandoned building, 203 SW Second Ave., and in its place build a five-story student apartment building.

There will be 106 bedrooms with more than 6,000 square feet of non-residential space likely to be used as retail space. The plans also mention scooter parking and bike spaces.

The Jones had a temporary closure March 2016 to deal with inspection violations from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The health inspector that month found 11 live roaches.

It closed for good in September 2016 after four years on SW Second Avenue and has sat empty since.

News of the pending redevelopment was met with mixed opinions from people and businesses in the downtown area. Some believe that there should be more affordable housing, instead of just catering to students.

If there was affordable housing with a preschool underneath, that could actually make a difference, Alexandra Wright, a barista at Volta Coffee, Tea & Chocolate, said.

One of her colleagues agreed.

We dont need another Standard, Soren Brady-Bender said, referring to the 10-story apartment building that radically altered the intersection of University Avenue and U.S. 441 when its construction began four years ago. It opened in 2017.

There are people who are open to the development.

I think thatd be great just for more people to move downtown. Be good for business here as well, said Andrew Kimbler, manager at the Five Star Pizza location across Southwest Second Avenue from the lot.

More foot traffic to around downtown would be nice.

Concerns about parking emerged in conversations with other downtown business employees, too. More people living closer to downtown might mean fewer parking spaces and worsened traffic, Kristie Mitchell said. Shes a manager at Naga Tea, a block and a half north of The Jones location.

I think the hardest thing around here is for parking, Mitchell said. No matter where youre at, the parking situation is crazy.

The project is currently listed as under review on the citys development projects website, with Trimark earlier this month getting approval from the Gainesville City Commission to change Southwest Second Streets status from a storefront street to a local urban zone street for the project to move forward.

The Jones redevelopment, The Standard, and a dozen other mid-rise buildings are notable for the impact theyre having on Gainesvilles modest skyline.

Its one destined to see some major changes in the next few years.

Plans, for example, to build new student apartments on the vacant lot on 403 SW 13th St. are also underway. EDA Inc. has proposed an eight-story building with three levels of parking and five residential stories with 66 units and 182 bedrooms.

Plans call for more scooter parking and bike storage, plus another 9,000 square feet of office and retail space.

Construction on the Southwest 13th Street building should be completed by 2021 in the best-case scenario, according to the neighborhood meeting minutes from July 11. It, too, is under review, according to the citys website.

The vacant lot used to have the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house on it, but it was demolished in August 2018. The new building will stand alongside the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house and across the street from the University of Floridas College of the Art.

EDA Inc. has been involved in major development projects in Gainesville, including the Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel on Southwest 37th Boulevard and The Ridge apartment complex on Southwest 24th Avenue.

Across the intersection from The Jones property, the citys process of turning Lot 10 into a hotel is still in the works.

That statement has been true for the better part of a decade, and so while some may be worried that development has stalled once again for Lot 10, city planners and the developers are moving through the review process to build the hotel, according to Erik Bredfeldt, the citys economic development director.

Should they continue to move forward, closing on a sale of the site could come in early 2020 with construction following soon afterward.

The Gainesville City Commission in May voted to sell Lot 10 on 100 SW 1st Ave. for $2.3 million.

The hotel plans consist of a six-story building with over 100 rooms.

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Smoke rising from a new red stack over northwest Rochester next week will signal the firing up of Med City's newest restaurant.

Smoak, described as "a true barbecue joint," is slated to open its doors and heat up its two oak-burning smokers, on Dec. 3 at2291 Commerce Dr. NW.

A staff of about 40 started training this week in the 5,600-square-foot restaurant, which seats about 200.

The name comes from the two "massive" meat smokers that will burn only oak wood 18 hours a day to produce smoked beef, pork, chicken, turkey and salmon for the restaurant. The owners say that 80 percent of Smoak's menu will come out of the aromatic smokers.

Smoked prime beef brisket will be a signature Smoak offering, with a $1 donation going to Rochester's Hope Lodge for every pound sold. In addition to traditional pulled pork and ribs, the menu also includes smoked bacon, Smoak's own burgers, tacos, jalapeno cheddar sausage and special sandwiches such as the Tornado, which features brisket, pork sausage and haystack onions.

Smoak is the latest project for Rochester's Rocket Restaurant Group. Rocket, founded by four 1997 John Marshall High School graduates, created The Loop Bar and Grill and the Five West Kitchen and Bar in Rochester plus three more restaurants in the Twin Cities.

Smoak is just north of Rocket's Five West.

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Just a few days ago, we visited Disneyland Paris to check out all of the new entertainment and such for the holiday season at the resort, but we also caught a glimpse at the ongoing construction of the MARVEL Avengers Campus area of the park.

Most of the Backlot area is closed except for Restaurant Des Stars, which will eventually become an Ant-Man themed eatery. Behind the walls, we can see work continuing on the Spider-Man attraction. The Armageddon attraction was completely leveled for this new addition.

This is the very same Spider-Man ride that is also being build at Disney California Adventure, but it is set to open next year there.

Guests heading to this side of the park are greeted by construction walls and directional signage. We saw many, many guests go down this way thinking they were going to ride Rock N Roller Coaster, only to realize it was gone when they walked into a dead end.

You are practically in an active construction zone when you walk down here. Pieces of concrete were being lifted into place just feet away from us while we waited to be seated at the restaurant.

Restaurant des Stars remains open, even though the canopy was ripped off.

I wanted to film a time-lapse of guests going up to these walls and turning around, but I was short on time. You get the idea from this picture of confused guests though.

The facade of Rock N Roller Coaster avec Aerosmith is long gone. It will become an Iron Man roller coaster, but it was almost a Spider-Man one.

This giant crane is just a few feet away from guests.

This man was no more than 15 feet away from me, if even.

The MARVEL themed area (Avengers Campus) of Walt Disney Studios Paris set to open in 2021.

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The Village of West Greenvilles first new commercial construction in decades is less than two months from breaking ground while various new restaurants and retailers have opened or are near opening.

A project by Henry and Harrison Horowitz, the new 2,092-square-foot, two-story building will be constructed at 578 Perry Ave. on land next to Kuka Juice. The Horowitzes own multiple other buildings in the Village, including the Kuka Juice building and the adjoining Textile Hall.

Originally, they bought the land next to Kuka Juice so they could commission a mural on the side of the building and wouldnt risk its view being blocked should someone else decide to build there. Those plans have since changed, with a new mural by local artist Dorothy Shain to be painted across both current Kuka Juice and Textile Hall white storefronts facing the plaza.

The new construction, with a custom ironwork gate between the old and new buildings, will have its own elements of local art, which has been a primary focus of the Horowitz family, with Henry Horowitzs founding Artisphere in 2003. A six-by-two-by-10-foot window box on the front right of the storefront will feature rotating art installations that will be lit at night. Steps away is the most recently commissioned Artisphere sculpture in the plaza.

And while the building is new construction, Harrison Horowitz says the goal is for it to look otherwise.

The idea is for people to drive by and think the building has been here for years, he says.

To accomplish that, they are sourcing reclaimed brick from an old Maytag appliance warehouse and laying them in various historically used patterns. Theyll also be installing black steel casement windows, similar to Coastal Crusts windows half a block away.

Each floor is 1,046 square feet with the first floor under contract with a local barbershop tenant. The second floor, with a separate entrance on the side facing the soon-to-be-completed Poe West development, will be office space. Leasing efforts are being handled by Rakan Draz and John Odom of Avison Young.

Meanwhile, all along Pendleton Street and throughout the Village, other retail and restaurant tenants are moving in.

Amazing Grace Hemp Company opened the first week of November at 1284 Pendleton St. Designed to be a community hang-out to encourage discussion about personal health and wellness, the shop is owned by Nate Phillips, whose brother Stephen Phillips is a partner in the soon-to-open Exile Bar in the West End. The shop sells CBD products, hemp, kratom, and many other items from brands curated specifically for their high quality, Nate Phillips says.

Health is not an individual idea, he says. I want this to be a community center type of space.

Dobra Tea, next door at 1278 Pendleton, began upfit in early October and continues to move forward toward an early 2020 opening of the global tea house brand.

Hookah lounge [emailprotected], at 1237 Pendleton St., has planned grand opening festivities for Nov. 22-23 in the space that formerly housed Tipsy Music Pub and Dr. Mac Arnolds Blues Restaurant. The legendary blues musician himself will be performing a show at his old spot on Dec. 14. [emailprotected] is a Charlotte-based concept from Darren Jaz Vincent that will serve global cuisine in a vintage environment.

Golden Brown & Delicious will be moving later this year from its home at 1269 Pendleton St. to The Commons food hall at 147 Welborn St. and chef/owner Alex George will expand the bar, Bar Mars, into the restaurant dining room while working to open a new concept in the space.

Poe West, the 60,000-square-foot mixed-use development at 556 Perry Ave., continues to move forward with construction and some tenant spaces are expected to be completed early 2020. Anchor tenant Greenville Technical College Center for Culinary and Hospitality Innovation (CHI) plans to move in early summer. Other restaurant tenants include Carolina Bauernhaus, LaRue Fine Chocolate, Unlocked Coffee Roasters and Six & Twenty Distillery.

The Village of West Greenville was recently featured in a NYTimes.com article titled, Fives places

The Junkyard, a group fitness training center owned by former Clemson University standout linebacker Ben

The vacant restaurant space at 1237 Pendleton St. in the Village of West Greenville has

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Construction has begun on Midtown Union, a large mixed-use development in Midtown at Spring and 17thStreets.

The official groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for December 9, at 1295 Spring Street, according to a press release Monday.

The project, designed byCooper Carry, withBrasfield & Gorrieas the general contractor, is a partnership between MetLife Investment Management, andGranite Properties commercial real estate investment, development and management company.

Encompassing nearly a full city block and spanning 8.5 acres, the project consists of a 26-story, 606,000 square foot Class A office building, 18-story, 355-unit modern residential tower atop eight levels of parking, a 12-story, 205-key boutique lifestyle hotel, 30,000 square feet of retail, and a 635,000 square foot parking deck providing 1,909 parking spaces.

Invescos headquarters will anchor the office building across 300,000 square feet.

Outdoors, Midtown Union will feature an extension of Arts Center Way, a go-between connecting Spring and West Peachtree Streets. Inspired by a European boulevard, the path will create a new retail destination in Midtown with shops, restaurants and green space.

The development will incorporate biophilic design elements like indoor vegetation, landscaped amenity decks and public green space and draws inspiration from the surrounding art community in the form of sculptures and murals.

Indoors, StreetLights Residential, in partnership with MetLife Investment Management, will develop the upscale multifamily tower offering 355 units featuring studio, one, two and three-bedroom homes.

The street-level lobby offers a 24-hour concierge service, coffee bar, conference lab, and co-working space. Amenities include resident storage, pet spa, fitness center, club room and an outdoor amenity deck with pool, seating and grilling stations overlooking Arts Center Way.

Stormont Hospitality GroupandThe Allen Morris Company, in partnership with MetLife Investment Management, willdevelop the 205-room lifestyle hotel at Midtown Union, with more than 5,000 net square feet of meeting space, a destination chef-driven restaurant, and an active bar spilling out onto Arts Center Way at the corner of West Peachtree.

Leased by JLL, the entire development is expected to open in the summer of 2022.

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North Seattles about to get a meaty new lunch spot. After more than two years of preparation (and a few construction delays), the highly anticipated Schmaltzys Delicatessen will open Thursday in the West Woodland neighborhood, an area most refer to as Frelard. The offshoot of the popular food truck Napkin Friends will serve up from-scratch pastrami sandwiches, corned beef, lox, and matzoh ball soup, along with some salads, in a cozy restaurant at 928 NW Leary Way.

This spot will also serve as a prep space for Napkin Friends latke press sandwiches, as well as its catering operations. But there will be a robust menu at the deli itself. Owner Jonny Silverberg has been tinkering with a variety of concoctions, including a sandwich called The Flavor Bomb, with slow-roasted tri-tip, spiced tomato jam, and chimichurri, chicken parm schnitzel on challah bread, and smoked trout salad.

Silverberg started construction on the restaurant back in October of 2017, with plans to open as early as last December. But, as with many such projects in the Seattle area, delays from permitting and general construction annoyances set things back. While it is taking considerably longer that I had hoped, the space is shaping up to look amazing and I am chomping at the bit to open and share it with everyone, Silverberg told Eater Seattle.

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