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THE END OF THE ROAD?
A restaurant site for more than 80 years, Beach Road Fish House & Chicken Dinners on Atlantic Boulevard will close next spring to make way for luxury apartments.
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each Road Fish House & Chicken Dinners will be closing at 4132 Atlantic Blvd., at least by the time construction starts next year on a proposed apartment development on land that includes the 83-year-old restaurant site. Spouses Nathan Stuart and Margo Klar took over the 80-year-old Beach Road Chicken Dinners in 2019, leasing the property from owners Ken and Tena Ferger. Stuart said Aug. 1 that Beach Road plans to remain open until spring 2023 and is considering moving to a smaller location in the area. The couple bought 1.43 acres of the almost 4-acre parcel from the Fergers in October 2021. Fish House Holdings LLC bought the restaurant site, while the Fergers kept the remaining undeveloped property. They are two of the landowners whose holdings comprise the property targeted for apartments. A 6.63-acre site that includes the Beach Road restaurant at southwest Atlantic Boulevard and Art Museum Drive is proposed for rezoning for up to 270 multifamily units. Owners of the seven parcels that will be assembled for the project applied to the city to rezone the property and change the
Spouses Nathan Stuart and Margo Klar took over the Beach Road Chicken Dinners in 2019 and transformed it into Beach Road Fish House & Chicken Dinners. Stuart said Aug. 1 that Beach Road plans to remain open until spring 2023 and is considering moving to a smaller location in the area. The 6.63-acre site that includes the restaurant is proposed for rezoning for up to 270 multifamily units.
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