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Old 07-17-2013, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by crummybuttons View Post
Us folks who live around this place wish it would go back to being a restaurant and bar. Imagine coming off the course and sitting on the beautiful back deck to tip a few beers. We don't need more pool tables when there are so many around. This place was a great meeting place and fun place to be. They keep closing all the good places like Chula Vista (remember that restaurant?) Silver Lake (remember that restaurant?) Now Orange Blossom is closed (remodeling they say) Make El Santiago into a restaurant/grill again!!!
I agree 100%. There were always 20,40,50 people using the Silver Lake and Chula restaurant and bar facilities. Lots of hometown/neighborhood interaction as long as the facilities were open. Refreshments after golf, friday night fish fries, a good Sunday brunch, etc. Now, maybe 4 or 6 people at a time in the glorified pool halls and maybe an activity group once in a while. Those ex-restaurant facilities are now dead almost all day long. At least they provide public johns! Problem is that the developer doesn't want them as restaurants and we have no say.

---or maybe the the family yacht needs a new paint job and the price we will be stuck with will fill the bill nicely.
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