Big Burke announcement

[Masskier]

There will also be another new restaurant opening in the summer right next to the Pub Outback and Mike's Tiki Bar.

 

[Smellytele]

The work below the hotel includes building up a huge area of fill immediately below the hotel that will be part of the driveway approach. Then below that, is the infrastructure to capture runoff. The blue area on the left of this picture is the drainage area down to the retention basin.




That would make too much sense. Your hopeful logic does not belong here. :wink::-D

What are the purple lines?

 

[from_the_NEK]

What are the purple lines?

Those are "proposed" surface lifts. The short one is likely a short carpet for small kids to play on (or for those to lazy to walk up the hill to the MBE ). The other one is supposed to serve a small slope on the lower field below the hotel. However, I don't see it being very feasible.

 

[from_the_NEK]

There will also be another new restaurant opening in the summer right next to the Pub Outback and Mike's Tiki Bar.

Yes, that is being developed by the former owners of Elements in St Johnsbury. So my guess is that will be a higher end restaurant which there is plenty of market room for in E Burke since the River Garden and Willy's closed.

 

[thetrailboss]

There will also be another new restaurant opening in the summer right next to the Pub Outback and Mike's Tiki Bar.

Interesting. I don't think that I saw anyone in the River Garden's old spot....

 

[thetrailboss]

Those are "proposed" surface lifts. The short one is likely a short carpet for small kids to play on (or for those to lazy to walk up the hill to the MBE ). The other one is supposed to serve a small slope on the lower field below the hotel. However, I don't see it being very feasible.

Wow, that is interesting. Is the one downslope going to be for beginners/tubing?

 

[from_the_NEK]

Wow, that is interesting. Is the one downslope going to be for beginners/tubing?

Honestly I doubt it will ever go in. The slope of the hillside there is not good for that sort of thing (unless it gets regraded as part of the hotel construction).

 

[from_the_NEK]

Interesting. I don't think that I saw anyone in the River Garden's old spot....

While the River Garden was in a good visible spot, the layout of the building (house) does not really make a very good restaurant. There is also the flood risk when the Dish Mill brook backs up at the bridge during ice jams.

 

[from_the_NEK]

New aerial video of the hotel construction:

 

[thetrailboss]

New aerial video of the hotel construction:

Looking good, but better not tell q that they folded his banner in half! 05-:20)

:wink:

 

[skifree]

Q drone. can't make this shit up

 

[from_the_NEK]

Looking good, but better not tell q that they folded his banner in half! 05-:20)

:wink:

Probably so that welder that you could see didn't catch it on fire. (damn it, why did somebody not "forget" to fold it out of the way :razz

 

[billski]

LOL, No, the newspaper article wasn't clear. Yes, a new GM has been hired. However he isn't schedule to start for several weeks. At that time I'm sure his name will be announced.

Some guy named Otten...

 

[thetrailboss]

Probably so that welder that you could see didn't catch it on fire. (damn it, why did somebody not "forget" to fold it out of the way :razz

That's what I figured. Hope he asked q permission first...

 

[thetrailboss]

Some guy named Otten...

No joke: the same day that the Burke article was in the Caledonian Record there was a big article about Balsam's moving ahead with their plans. So that's the only thing in common between LBO and Burke.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Some guy named Otten...

If this thing head's south, that's not necessarily an unlikely possibility 4 or 5 years from now.

 

[skifree]

Do the Q's ski.

 

[thetrailboss]

Do the Q's ski.

Little q telemarks.


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[VTKilarney]

Little q telemarks.


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with a huge backpack most of the time.

 

[VTKilarney]

This is good news regarding the restaurant scene in East Burke. I have always felt that since Willey's and the River Garden closed there was room for something decent. The former owners of Elements have other careers, and they will need to be careful to be hands-on in order to monitor quality. Things at Elements went downhill as the owners seemed to lose energy.

The Tamarack Grill has some challenges. The biggest problem, IMHO, with the Tamarack Grill is the location. The space feels very "ski lodge", and not in a good way. This is fine for a bar and/or casual restaurant, but that's about it. When the new hotel is open they will presumably have better space for a high end restaurant - but by then the competition may be well established.

The other major challenge is the summer business. The village has become a much more compelling location in the summer, especially with the Tiki Bar. Severing ties with Kingdom Trails did not help. Thanks to KT, the village is becoming much more of a destination.