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Originally Posted by Marty_Mcfly
That's it, thanks! Awesome backstory, too. Nice to see investment in lottery winnings  |
Great to see a new restaurant move in there so quickly. I was amazed how long Velma's sat vacant at such a prime location on Water.
Adding to the backstory: Bursey mentions in his biography that as a boy he worked at his father's restaurant in St. John's. That's probably the old Flake House restaurant in Quidi Vidi, which was owned by Ray Bursey and son and head chef Byron Bursey.
Any news on what's happening with that structure? I heard rumours that Mallard Cottage was interested in buying it (perhaps for a cafe and event space?), but the Telegram reported that the city might purchase it (
http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Loca...-Flake-House/1 ). The Quidi Vidi Development Plan suggests the property could provide 25 public parking spaces, and the building could be rebuilt as a two storey structure with a 25% larger footprint (
http://www.stjohns.ca/sites/default/...ent%20Plan.pdf ).