The latest on Longo's
Actually, the latest on the space in Green Spring Station that was Longo's and before that a lot of other restaurants, and before that for many years, Harvey's.
After a multitude of calls to different people, I finally got to the one I should have thought of in the first place, Tom Peddy, an owner of Foxleigh Enterprises, Inc., Green Spring Station's management company. He sent me this e-mail: ...
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We do have a signed lease with a very exciting group of local entrepreneurs. However, they have asked for a confidentiality clause in their lease. I told them early on that you had an interest in what was going on and they felt that only they should be allowed to give out information. I can tell you that they are in full planning mode and have a contractor on board. They anticipate opening after the first of the year. They are going to spend an enormous sum of money and the plans that I have seen so far will be great.
I did manage to track down the new owners through a different source, and they're willing to talk to me after their liquor board hearing Monday (assuming all goes well), so stay tuned.
Comments
Is that space cursed? A restaurant there should do well given the demographics of the surrounding areas.
Posted by: Fairfax | October 12, 2007 10:02 AM
Cursed? It sure semms that way. I think the site must once have been an Indian burial ground. :)
Posted by: Janet | October 12, 2007 2:04 PM
One of the ownera is Bill Shriver....one of the original owners of Mt. Washington Tavern ( in it's heyday....circa 1978)
The new place is supposed to be patterned after Clydes
Posted by: richiesdad | October 13, 2007 9:00 AM
The restaurant site at Green Spring Station (Harvey's, Longo's) has had only 2 owners since opening in 1979. Harvey's was there from '79 to '00. Then Andrew Silverman took over. He was always the owner but changed the name/theme 4 times. It is a great location which will be proved by the new owners of Tark's Grill.
Posted by: Tom Peddy | October 14, 2007 11:31 AM
Tom Peddy makes a good point that there were only two owners since 1979, but the general public doesn't know that every time the name and the concept changed, the owner stayed the same. In their mind, it's an entirely new place.
I think that Longo's very brief tenure there is not good for the space.
Posted by: Fairfax | October 15, 2007 7:41 PM
I'd like to chime in here, yup it's me
Nancy Longo, Tom Peddy and his partners are very smart to point out that the place only had 2 owners. I was there short lived, as Longo's , not exactly as I had planned , and I would like to address Fairfax's comment, Longo's brief tenure Was GOOD for the space, Andrew Silvermans, hold on the place, and not allowing us to do the right things that would make the place successful WAS NOT good for the space. while Tom Peddy would have allowed us to do the right thing, Andrew's mulit-concept change, infuriating the customers, caused it's demise. And it is a good space! In case anyone forgets, as Longo's we did get at least two 3 and half star reviews, and thankfully I have returned to my other restaurant Pierpoint , I have had for 18 years!
Posted by: Nancy Longo | October 17, 2007 4:08 PM