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bchcmbr
07-29-2008, 03:36 PM
We used to eat at The Lake Place every time we visited Sowal. I know they were rebuiding, at least that's what the website has said for a while now. Does anyone have an update? I can still taste their BBQ shrimp appetizer.
scooterbug44
07-29-2008, 03:42 PM
There were stakes and equipment on the old Lake Place site this am, so I think new construction will happen soon.
Don't know where they'll put all the Lake Place patrons' cars though, since they don't have enough parking for 1 restaurant, let alone 2. :idontno:
bchcmbr
07-29-2008, 04:08 PM
Darn! I was hoping they'd be open already. Guess we'll have to come back next year! :D
elgordoboy
07-29-2008, 04:25 PM
There were stakes and equipment on the old Lake Place site this am, so I think new construction will happen soon.
Don't know where they'll put all the Lake Place patrons' cars though, since they don't have enough parking for 1 restaurant, let alone 2. :idontno:
I spend a lot of time wondering just how they intend to pull this off. If the lots in "Serenity", I think it is called, ever sell off or get built upon, I don't think they will continue to allow their entrance as a parking lot. There is nowhere that is near enough, as far as I can tell, to purchase alla 331/Seabar and use for spillover parking. Floating barges?:idontno: I am prepared to be amazed with the solution.
destindreamer
07-29-2008, 04:30 PM
How did the county go about approving the building plans if there wasn't ample parking for the square footage?
tsutcli
07-29-2008, 04:44 PM
Could their plan be to tear down
Stinky's?
elgordoboy
07-29-2008, 04:56 PM
That would seem like strangling the goose that laid the golden egg. Richard has hour+ long waits in the rain even, wouldn't that be a travesty that as others are selling, Stinky's would be demolished? I am trying to figure out why mess with sucess? While I understand the desire to furnish "Fine Dining". ....I assume he has a plan and wish him all the luck in the world. :D I look forward to the resolution.
tsutcli
07-29-2008, 05:02 PM
Are we sure that it is the Lake Place being rebuilt or something else going in? Parking still an issue though I would think
Last I heard from the man is that he has approval to rebuild, with certain limitations imposed by the county, and hopes to reopen by next Summer season if not sooner.
sowalgayboi
07-30-2008, 02:58 AM
They were moving some dirt around today and looks like construction is under way.
If you enjoyed the Lake Place just go to Stinky's until it is rebuilt. You will be satisfied until it re-opens.
bchcmbr
07-30-2008, 08:53 AM
Isn't Stinky's owned by the same people that had The Lake Place? I get that impression by what I read here & from what I've seen on their website. Is it the same chef?
John R
07-30-2008, 09:34 AM
lake place in stinky's, stinky's in new building...
singinchicken
07-30-2008, 03:38 PM
lake place in stinky's, stinky's in new building...
Hmmm...you sure? Not what they told me last time. Lake Place will be upscale. Menus will not compete with each other. Check the rendering on the wall at the end of the bar at Stinky's...
Last I heard from the man is that he has approval to rebuild, with certain limitations imposed by the county, and hopes to reopen by next Summer season if not sooner.
Do the certain limitations have anything to do with parking issues?
At this time customers are using 30A county easement (liability issue) and also the brick paved road going into the subdivision.
How do they get away with that?:idontno:
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