Waterfront restaurant, brewery on its way

Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Waterfront restaurant, brewery on its way

BY GWEN FILOSA Citizen Staff
gfilosa@keysnews.com

The city approved a 20-year lease with the Waterfront Brewery investors on Tuesday night to build a seafood restaurant and microbrewery at the vacant 19,000 square-foot building at the Key West Bight.

Restaurateurs Joe Walsh and Chris Shultz have spent the past two years designing and planning the project that on Tuesday became a reality, with the city agreeing to front t...

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The other tenants?

Submitted on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 1:01pm by BenAnders

If this portion of the building needs $2 million in repairs to bring it up to code, what does that say about the rest of the tenants in the same building? When is the last time those businesses were checked for safety? $2 million dollar problems are going to be isolated to within the four walls of the one tenant.

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Waterfront Restaurant

Submitted on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 12:19pm by tbarken

It is essential for every city and Key West to have vacant buildings redeveloped otherwise there is a social and economic decline in the community. Developing this building is important to the welfare of the area and especially the Bight. Hopefully more individuals will take the risk to maintain the City and create jobs. Congratulations to Waterfront Brewery for their venture. Tom Barken, Islamorada.

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$2 m in Repairs?

Submitted on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 8:26am by ktl

How was it possible for Waterfront Market and its successor to operate for as many years as they did in a building that requires $2m in repairs to be brought up to code? How many other city owned buildings are in such disrepair?

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brewery

Submitted on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 11:05pm by david

should of left bucko there..

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Any surprise....

Submitted on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 3:50pm by me

that Rossi was the loan dissenter?

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Nope

Submitted on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 10:23pm by Cruz

Why would he learn any ethics now?

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Those numbers were enough....

Submitted on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 2:19pm by gkv

To scare me away from this deal. Good luck to the new owners. The rent alone is over $1000.00 a day, everyday of the year.

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Do we really need another

Submitted on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 11:14am by Faye

Do we really need another restaurant? The 19,000 square foot building could be anything but another restaurant. (sarcasm) I guess we don't have enough restaurants.

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Bad Deal

Submitted on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 7:51am by Jo Mama

This is a bad deal for the taxpayers and the city. What becomes of the extensive money expended to up fit this building into a brewery when the business fails prior to repaying the debt via rents? Will Messieurs Walsh and Shultz stroke a check to the city? Very doubtful. The city should have and could have sought a more credit worthy tenant. By the way, how long will Mr. Walsh's TGIF sit idle in Overseas Market?