A new restaurant and shopping plaza has been proposed for the Hilltop Steak House lot on Route 1 South, Wicked Local/Saugus reported.

On Oct. 28, Hilltop attorney Peter Rossetti Jr. came before the Board of Selectmen to announce that the property owned by High County Investors had been sold, and to request a renewal of the existing liquor license.

Developer Ross Hamlin said he plans to demolish the Hilltop Steak House restaurant and rebuild a 200-plus seat restaurant and shopping center on the property, starting as early as April of next year.

If construction begins in April, Hamlin estimated an October 2015 finish date for the project.

Hamlin told the board that the restaurant will be a full-service, family-friendly establishment with white tablecloths.

While Rossetti and Hamlin would not disclose the buyers name or specific plans for the restaurant or space, Hamlin did say there will probably be some steak involved. That, and the giant neon cactus sign will remain.

The new structure will be built further back from Route 1 South than the existing structure is presently situated. Hamlin said the restaurant will stand alone, and that the shopping center will be located in the back.

Selectman Steve Castinetti supported a liquor license renewal.

The Hilltops been a good neighbor to this town. The cactus put us on the map for many, many years, said Castinetti. People knew the Hilltop all over the country. And as such, they were good to us, I think we need to be good to them.

The selectmen were prepared to vote in favor of renewing the liquor license through 2014, but realized they would vote on that next month when all the licenses come up for renewal. After some discussion, board members simply referred the update to their files.

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WESTFIELD is seeking alcohol licences for restaurant units in its under-construction Bradford shopping centre in a move described as "another step on the road" towards completing the Broadway development.

But the Australian shopping centre giant has quashed rumours circulating on social media that large food and drink chains have snapped up those units in the Bradford development.

Twitter users have claimed names such as Pizza Express and Wagamama have been lined up for Charles Street.

The rumours surfaced after a notice was put up on boards surrounding the development stating that Bradford Broadway Ltd had applied to Bradford Council for three provisional statements for three units on Charles Street for the "provision of recorded music, late-night refreshment and sale of alcohol" between 10am and 11.30pm Monday to Saturday, and between 12noon and 10.30pm on Sundays.

Twitter users believed an Asian fusion restaurant would make up the trio of new businesses.

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But a Westfield spokesman said the names being discussed were not correct and the company had no idea where they came from. He added that the application for the provisional statements was an "administrative thing".

The spokesman continued: "Since construction began on The Broadway Bradford in January of this year weve been really pleased about the excellent progress that has been made. The submission of the provisional statements for alcohol licensing in the restaurant units mark another step on the road towards completing the Broadway.

"Well over 50 per cent of the Broadways floor space is now taken by leading retailers such as Debenhams, Topshop, New Look, River Island, Next and Sainsburys, and we look forward to announcing further retailers in the coming weeks and months."

Last month, it was announced that Costa had become the latest major brand to sign up.

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WESTFIELD is seeking alcohol licences for restaurant units in its under-construction Bradford shopping centre in a move described as "another step on the road" towards completing the Broadway development.

But the Australian shopping centre giant has quashed rumours circulating on social media that large food and drink chains have snapped up those units in the Bradford development.

Twitter users have claimed names such as Pizza Express and Wagamama have been lined up for Charles Street.

The rumours surfaced after a notice was put up on boards surrounding the development stating that Bradford Broadway Ltd had applied to Bradford Council for three provisional statements for three units on Charles Street for the "provision of recorded music, late-night refreshment and sale of alcohol" between 10am and 11.30pm Monday to Saturday, and between 12noon and 10.30pm on Sundays.

Twitter users believed an Asian fusion restaurant would make up the trio of new businesses.

READ MORE ON THE BROADWAY DEVELOPMENT AND SEE LIVE PICTURES

But a Westfield spokesman said the names being discussed were not correct and the company had no idea where they came from. He added that the application for the provisional statements was an "administrative thing".

The spokesman continued: "Since construction began on The Broadway Bradford in January of this year weve been really pleased about the excellent progress that has been made. The submission of the provisional statements for alcohol licensing in the restaurant units mark another step on the road towards completing the Broadway.

"Well over 50 per cent of the Broadways floor space is now taken by leading retailers such as Debenhams, Topshop, New Look, River Island, Next and Sainsburys, and we look forward to announcing further retailers in the coming weeks and months."

Last month, it was announced that Costa had become the latest major brand to sign up.

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A new restaurant with a well-known name won't be making its holiday debut after all. The Sea and Sirloin is going up at the Long Beach Harbor. The owners had hoped to have it ready by the end of this year, but the opening date has been pushed back to next spring.

The building features a unique design and amenities. Towering 30 feet in the air, the new Sea and Sirloin Restaurant is turning heads at the Long Beach Harbor.

"I think everyone will be astounded by the view to add to the atmosphere of the restaurant," said owner John Bull.

Large windows on all sides of the building will give diners a broad view of the beautiful scenery. The 6,000 square foot restaurant will feature a bar, private meeting space, nautical colors and signature dishes.

"We got a lot of seafood and steak dishes to put on the menu. We're also going to offer some of our smaller items, such as steak sandwiches and shrimp po-boys," said Bull.

You can also access the restaurant by water. The property owner, Jimmy Levens, worked with the Long Beach Port Commission to obtain a $1.5 million federal grant to build the bulkhead, concrete boardwalk and pier so boaters can dock at the harbor and go right into the restaurant.

"It's one of a kind. It's not like any restaurant anyone has seen being built on the Gulf Coast at this point," said Bruce Nourse, J. Levens Environmental President.

The construction started more than three years ago. In April, John and Lisa Bull signed a lease to operate the restaurant. Crews still have a lot of work to do, from finishing the siding and elevator enclosure, to installing the walls, electrical and plumbing.

"Whenever you build on the water like we are here, you obviously have weather challenges. Our biggest issue was really mitigating our flood insurance for this structure," said Nourse.

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Port Vale chairman Norman Smurthwaite.

PORT Vale chairman Norman Smurthwaite joined Wates Construction on the site of a 20 million restaurant and leisure extension at intu Potteries.

He was invited to mark the progress made in the transformation of the football club's former Old Recreation Ground.

It came as engineers completed the two-storey steel frame alongside a seven-metre deep excavation.

Construction on the development began at the start of the summer and is taking place on the land adjacent to intu Potteries, which became car parking for the city following Port Vale's move to Vale Park in Burslem in 1950.

Completion of the steel frame marks the installation of 600 tonnes of steelwork, equating to 2,735 beams, 12,800 bolts and enough linear metres of welded steel to stretch 48 miles.

Once complete, the new development will comprise a nine-screen Cineworld cinema complex plus family restaurants.

Martin Breeden, regional director of intu, said: "Completion of the steel frame brings opening day nearer to the time when the restaurant and leisure extension at intu Potteries will be buzzing with families and friends enjoying the choices available. It's great having the support of Port Vale."

Building work is due to reach completion in spring 2015, followed by a programme of interior fit-out works.

It is expected that approximately 100 jobs will be created during construction, with a further 185 once the new development is open. The work is part of intu's 1.2bn development pipeline nationally over the next 10 years.

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File photo of cooks at Perry Kos South China Restaurant by Alan Berner/The Seattle Times

After 34 years in business, first in Seattle and then on the Eastside, Perry Kos South China Restaurant is closing its doors on Thursday, Nov. 6.

What started as one mans dream of a gathering place for friends over a good meal has grown to be a favorite community spot for many generations of Greater Seattle friends and families, owners Sid and Dan Ko said in a farewell letter.

The restaurant, known for garlic chicken wings and stiff drinks, was a Beacon Hill landmark for decades. Original owner Perry Ko brought his sons into the business early on, and they took it over after his death in 1984. It was a haven of community where regulars practically have assigned seats, a Times reporter once wrote, with a lounge that was a multiethnic martini of mechanics, landscapers, accountants and Supreme Court judges.

Light rail construction forced the owners into a Bellevue move in 2004.

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WINDSOR Sixteen months ago Jamie McDonald lucked into finding a home for his dream barbecue restaurant.

Now he's about to have two of his own.

Bear's Smokehouse BBQ got it's start under the roof of Bart's Drive-In last June thanks to a chance meeting over chil dogs the previous fall.

McDonald, a world-ranked professional competitive eater, known as "The Bear," was at the Palisado Avenue eatery on the banks of the Farmington River for a chili-dog eating contest and got to talking with Bart's owner, Windsor Mayor Donald Trinks.

The two got to talking and one thing led to another and McDonald, a Kansas City native, opened under Bart's roof, joining the Beanery, which had moved there in 2008.

Business took off and seven months later McDonald announced plans to open on Arch Street in Hartford. They opened this summer and had lines out the door ever since.

But McDonald also wanted to have his own place in Windsor, partly because having three popular restaurants under one roof wasn't ideal for any of them and partly because he wanted to stay in Windsor, where he got his start.

"We outgrew Bart's in two months. I knew we would do good but it's better than I ever could have hoped for," McDonald said. Now he's about two weeks away as work continues on a new, 5,500 square-foot venue in the former Dale Drug Store at 2152Poquonock Ave.

"Without Windsor's support we wouldn't have two places," he said, adding that without Trinks' invitation to open at Bart's "this wouldn't have happened."

"He gave me that opportunity."

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The final course has been served at two Vancouver restaurants that influenced the way we eat.

Raincity Grill, a pioneering locavore spot before the word was coined, was shuttered last week. C Restaurant, one of Canadas most famous seafood restaurants, closed last month. Both businesses were sold to Viaggio Hospitality (owners of Cibo, Uva and the Waldorf Hotel, among others), which plans to renovate and reopen them with new concepts and names.

Things do not always go as planned, Harry Kambolis, the former proprietor of both restaurants, said by text last Friday. Until then, he had insisted Raincity Grill was not for sale.

When Raincity Grill opened in 1992, it took the concept of showcasing fresh, local, high-quality ingredients into the mainstream. It was one of the first restaurants in Canada to name small, local farmers, foragers and fishermen on its menu. It featured long lists of Okanagan wines before they became trendy. It launched the 100-mile tasting menu, and was so dedicated to using ingredients grown locally that bartenders would not even garnish their martinis with lemon twists.

C Restaurant, which opened in 1997, became even more famous for featuring previously unavailable local seafood in a fine-dining venue. Fans of spot prawns can thank former executive chef Robert Clark for reclaiming for the local market the sweet delicacy, which was once all exported to Asia. He also championed sablefish, Dungeness crab and wild salmon, sourced sustainable fishermen and helped create Vancouver Aquariums Ocean Wise program.

It baffles and saddens me, Rob Clark said by phone last week. He left the restaurant group three years ago to open The Fish Counter, a sustainable seafood market and fast-food bistro. How can something unravel that quickly?

After Mr. Clark left, the restaurants began to have trouble.

He had some good chefs and I tried to support them, says Joe Salvo, president of Ponderosa Mushrooms, one of many small suppliers and farmers who stopped dealing with both restaurants and are still owed thousands of dollars. But it was like pulling teeth to get paid.

Mr. Kambolis said the unpaid bills were all part of restructuring, attributing his financial struggles to larger economic problems.

My story, if I was a writer, would be about the compromises weve all had to make since 2008 the year the markets and banks crashed and we all changed our spending habits.

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A growing economy appears to have made Coloradans more hungry to eat out. Food and drinking establishments account for about one out of five net new jobs added in the state this year.

And the industry's 6.2 percent job growth rate in Colorado this year is the fastest of any state and the strongest here since 1995, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"When people have jobs, they have more disposable income. And when they have more disposable income, they go out to eat," said Sonia Riggs, president and CEO of the Colorado Restaurant Association.

Food-service employment through the first nine months of the year rose by 12,460 positions from the first nine months of 2013, and about 7,060 of those new jobs came in the metro Denver area.

Restaurant marketing consultant John Imbergamo said he has noticed that new restaurant openings versus closings this year are running three to one and, in some months, four to one.

"We are seeing some restaurateurs who have one restaurant opening their second or those with two opening their third," he said.

Union Station's redevelopment alone brought 10 new restaurants to the market in a 30-day span this past summer, and new eateries continue to pop up in places such as the River North Art District, along Colfax Avenue and in suburban pockets such as Northglenn's Webster Lake Promenade.

Chef and entrepreneur Jennifer Jasinski, a client of Imbergamo's, hired 80 people when she opened a Union Station eatery called Stoic & Genuine. Despite a mile-high altitude, the seafood venue serves everything from Black River Oscietra caviar to loaded lobster rolls.

Jasinski said finding qualified staff, especially in the kitchen, proved much more difficult this time around than it was when she opened Euclid Hall four years ago.

"Being a cook is hard work and not glamorous, and all the skilled cooks are having an easy time getting work," Jasinski said.

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Work has begun on the 32-unit guest room expansion and renovation of the restaurant dining patio at Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort.

The project includes the construction of six new single and two-story guest room buildings on the north side of the existing resort property, at 5501 N. Hacienda del Sol Road in the Catalina Foothills.

The new guest rooms have been designed by Eglin + Bresler Architects to capture the Southwestern feel of the existing resort, with exposed wood and tile elements. Rooms will also feature patios or balconies with city and mountain views.

The expansion will bring the resorts room count to 62 rooms, from 30.

The $300,000 renovation of the patio will be complete around the first of the year and the $3.5 million room expansion will be done toward the end of summer, said Joe Donovan, project manager for W.E. ONeil Construction Company, Inc., which is handling the construction.

Also, a new commissary building will house business operations.

The expansion is expected to be finished at the end of next summer.

The expansion is expected to be finished at the end of this coming summer.

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