I don’t know if it is true that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but I can attest that an Applebee’s falls wherever the big backhoe tells it to. Motorists in west Lawrence this morning are noticing that the former Applebee’s at Sixth and Monterey Way is being torn down. No, the demolition doesn’t have anything to do with the mess I left the last time the restaurant had all-you-can-eat ...
This is the time dozens of residents were supposed to be moving into a unique multimillion-dollar west Lawrence housing project for people 62 and over. Instead, work has been stopped after the project’s construction company suddenly went out of business. Construction work has been halted since July 3 at the Village Cooperative project at Sixth Street and Queens Road, a representative of the project’s ...
I haven’t quite cracked this case, but there certainly are signs that a major new breakfast restaurant has plans to start cracking a lot of eggs in downtown Lawrence. The commercial real estate firm Colliers International has confirmed that it has finalized a lease for the old Ingredient restaurant location at 945 and 947 Massachusetts Street. The lease is with a company called JE Lawrence, LLC. But Colliers ...
A bank inside a convenience store always worried me. A line of credit and Slim Jims in the same spot could ruin me. But now I have word of a bank that is completely taking over a convenience store location. Plans have been filed by RCB Bank to take over the vacant gas station/convenience store at 3300 W. Sixth St. If you remember, that used to be the old Miller Mart convenience store that perhaps was more ...
I’ve been wearing my Magnum P.I. shirt and doing a little investigating. What I’ve learned so far is if I ever decide to wash the beautiful garment, I’ll have one less place to do so. Plans have been filed for a restaurant to take over one of Lawrence’s oldest laundromat locations. And, in a particularly worrisome development for my shirts, there are some signs the new restaurant may have barbecue. ...
In the battle between dogs and postal workers, chalk up a victory for the canines. Plans have been filed for a former Lawrence post office building to be converted into a resort for dogs. Woof’s Play Stay Grooming has filed plans with City Hall to move into the building at 1519 W. 23rd St. Some of you may have forgotten that the building once was one of Lawrence’s two post offices. It closed in the ...