Riviera Beach officials on Oct.
20 approved a developer’s plan to build a restaurant on the site of the once-beloved Crab Pot.
But the family who owned the Crab Pot is not happy.
RESTAURANT ON THE SITE OF ETHONCE- BELOVED CRAB POT INRIVIERA BEACH.
BUT THE FAMILYWHO OWNED THE CRAB POT IS NOTHAPPY.
W-P-T-V NEWSCHANNELFIVE'S DAVE BOHM TANEL USLSY.WHIT EPITOMIZED OLFLD ORIDA.
THECRAB POT RESTAURANT OPENED INRIVIERA BEACH IN THE 1960WORLD-CLASS CLIFF-DIVER&DANSHOWMAN WAYNE CORDERO.“IGOT THE CRABS&.SPLASH” RYACORDERO IS THE LATE FOUNDESON.“IT WAS ACCESSIBLE, ITWAS AFFORDABLE, IT WAS FAMILYFRIENDLY” BUT HURRICANEINS2004 AND 2005 DESTROYED ETHCRAB POT.
DEVELOPER SEVENKINGS HOLDINGS RECENTLY BOHTUGTHE LAND AND GOT THE GENRELIGHT TO BUILD A NEW EATER AY.COMMUNITY GROUP CALLED,”BRINGBACK THE CRAB POT” BILLED ITAS THE RETURN OF THE INICORESTAURANT.“THEY USED OURGREAT NAME.
WE PUT BLOOD,SWEAT, AND TEARS INTO THERESTAURANT FOR MANY, MY,ANYEARS, JUST SO THEY COULD GETTHEIR WAY” RYAN CORDERISOANGRY AT THE GROUP FOR USINGTHE CRAB POT NAME ON THEFACEBOOK PAGE AND HANDING OUTT-SHIRTS WITH THE ORIGINALCRAB POT LOGO TO LOBBY SUPPORTFOR A NEW RESTAURANT.“I DOTHINK IT WAS DECEPTIVE AT LALBECAUSE WE WERE HAPPY TO NAMEIT THE CRAB POT, BECAUSETHATWANTED” TAMRA FITZGERALDHELPED DEVELOPER SEVEN KINGSHOLDINGS BLDUI SUPPORT FORHE TPROJECT.“IF THEY DON WUS TO NAME IT THE CRAB POT, WEWONTHE CORDERO FAMILY NOW OWNSTHE OLD KEY LIME HOUSE INLANTANA.
RYAN CORDEROREGISTERED THE CRAB POT MEWITH THE STETA ON THURSDAY,THE SAME DAY THEOUIL CAPPROVED THE NEW RESTAURANT.“WHAT THEYNOT A CRAB POT.
IT WILL NEVERBE A CRAB POT, PERIOD”“FITZGERALD SAYS DEVELOPERSWOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THECORDERO FAMILY AND PAY TRITEBUTO THE OLD RESTAURANT BYNAMING IT THE CRAB POT, ANHAVING MEMORABILIA ON SITE.BUT THE TWO SIDES ARENTALKING” NEARBY RESIDENTS ATTHE MARINA GRAND CONDOMINIUMPUSHED BACK ON BUILDING OTHERCRITICS WORRY THREE STAURANTWILL BE UPSCALE ANDUNRECOGNIZABLE TO THOSE WHOREMEMBER THE OLD CRAB POT.“LETCITY” LIFELONG RIVIERA BEACHRESIDENT ARTIE WILLIAMS SAYSHE AND HIS NEIGHBORS DONCARE WHAT THE RESTAURANTS INAMED& DEVELOPERS ORIGINLYALCALLED THE PROJECT, THE SAYMERMAID.“ITTHE NAME THAT THEY WANT.T IA RESTAURANT IN RIVIERA BEACHTHAT THEY CAN CALL THEIR OWN”IN RIVIERA BEACH, DAVE BOHN,MAWPTV, NEWSCHANNEL 5..TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY INTHE EVENING...THEN BEC
Developers, looking to build a high-end restaurant on the old 'Crab Pot' parcel in Riviera Beach got a 4-1 victory Wednesday night...