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Related: About this forumSalem, Mass. Public Restroom To be Turned Into Restaurant
SALEM After years of false starts, it looks as if the city has finally found a tenant for its historic and long vacant restroom/bathhouse at Salem Willows.
A new restaurant, tentatively called The Clam Shack, hopes to open this summer, or next, depending on how long it takes to secure permits and complete renovations.
The Park and Recreation Commission approved a five-year lease this week for Angelo Meimeteas, a Salem resident who, with his brother, George, owns and operates the Clam Shanty in Wells, Maine.
Meimeteas told the board he plans to open a restaurant with takeout and outdoor seating that will serve fried clams, steamers, lobster salad sandwiches and lobster dinners. Since the building is small, no indoor dining is planned.
Ive always loved the Willows, said Meimeteas, whose wife, Amie Marie, runs a hair salon on Boston Street. Ive been going there with my family for years. When I heard the city wanted to lease this property, I looked at it and thought, This could be nice here.
http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1307048810/Restaurant-approved-for-former-Willows-restroom
A new restaurant, tentatively called The Clam Shack, hopes to open this summer, or next, depending on how long it takes to secure permits and complete renovations.
The Park and Recreation Commission approved a five-year lease this week for Angelo Meimeteas, a Salem resident who, with his brother, George, owns and operates the Clam Shanty in Wells, Maine.
Meimeteas told the board he plans to open a restaurant with takeout and outdoor seating that will serve fried clams, steamers, lobster salad sandwiches and lobster dinners. Since the building is small, no indoor dining is planned.
Ive always loved the Willows, said Meimeteas, whose wife, Amie Marie, runs a hair salon on Boston Street. Ive been going there with my family for years. When I heard the city wanted to lease this property, I looked at it and thought, This could be nice here.
http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1307048810/Restaurant-approved-for-former-Willows-restroom
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Salem, Mass. Public Restroom To be Turned Into Restaurant (Original Post)
Initech
May 2013
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UrbScotty
(23,980 posts)1. "Honey, this food tastes like crap" (nt)
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)2. LOL! n/t
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)3. The Willows is great
It's been there forever. It's sort of like a little penninsula on Salem harbor with food stands and arcades on one side and grass, trees and water on the other. You can get this air popped flavored popcorn there from a place that's been there probably a hundred years.
It's a great little date place. Take a walk along the water, stop for an ice cream, play some air hockey or skeeball
MADem
(135,425 posts)4. I heard about this....it's going to get jokes, but hopefully business will be good.
They'll get plenty of foot traffic and if they have some "walky food" they might do very well indeed.