The owner of an Idaho golf course claims to have put “hundreds of thousands of dollars” into repairs of the failing irrigation system. He proposes an elaborate private-public partnership to build homes on the property to help recoup costs.
T-Shotz Entertainment Complex to Open in Kansas City Area
The 52,000 sq.-ft. golf-and-entertainment complex, which will be managed by Troon, is expected to open in the spring of 2020 as part of The Metro North Crossing Redevelopment in Missouri’s Northland area. The T-Shotz facility will include two restaurant/bar venues offering local farm-to-market comfort food and shareables, with the top-level venue having an added oyster…
Getting a ‘Seat at the Table’ with Avalon Holdings
Avalon Holdings gains assurance that the furnishings for its hotel and resort properties will always be the right fit, through the partnership it has developed with a supplier that combines flexibility and responsiveness with its longstanding reputation for providing a variety of distinctive and durable pieces.
Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale Completes $13M Renovation
Improvements at the Arizona property include an updated lobby, a modernized look for the private casitas, new pool furnishings, a redesigned spa and a revamped restaurant. After months of construction, the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North in Scottsdale, Ariz. has unveiled its $13 million renovation that started last spring, the Arizona Republic reported.…
North Palm Beach (Fla.) CC Clubhouse Construction Underway
The new $18 million, 37,000 square foot clubhouse will include a community room/banquet facility, restaurant, pro shop, locker rooms and storage for golf carts. The new clubhouse will overlook the Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, which was redesigned in 2006. North Palm Beach Country Club’s new 37,000-square-foot clubhouse is beginning to take shape. Work began…
Gleneagles GC Set to Open New Clubhouse
The $7 million project for the 19,000-sq. ft. building at the Twinsburg, Ohio property has been more than a decade in the making. The new clubhouse includes a restaurant and bar, banquet facilities, pro shop, snack room and golf cart storage and maintenance area. Pieces of older buildings from the town have been incorporated into…
Fine Lines
Expanded and redesigned kitchens are cooking up good business, as clubs increase their F&B margins while bringing new efficiencies to their food-preparation processes. Outfitting a club or resort kitchen is a tall order, and one that calls for an approach to laying out the space with an eye toward efficiency for both chefs and servers.…
Cypress Head GC to Open New Restaurant in April
The restaurant at the city-owned Port Orange, Fla., golf course has been operated by interim management since last September. Kevin Hannah, who owns another restaurant in South Daytona, Fla., plans to run a new eatery called Flagsticks, and invest $40,000 into the operation. Golfers will soon have a new place to grab some grub or…
FairWay Restaurant Opens at Salem (Ore.) GC
Restaurateurs Bruce Carey and Joe Rogers opened the classic American steakhouse on July 21 for dinner service, and started serving lunch on July 26, with plans for breakfast in the future. The facility will eventually host wine dinners and partner with local purveyors. Bruce Carey, a seasoned Portland, Ore., restaurateur behind nationally recognized fine dining, has…
Troon/Honours Golf Form Partnership with University of Alabama at NorthRiver YC
The Tuscaloosa, Ala. property will now serve as a training and education center for students in the university’s Restaurant, Hotel and Meetings Management Program.
Under New Ownership, Brookhaven (Miss.) CC Adds Restaurant
Porches, which has another location in Wesson, Miss., will serve hearty, Southern dishes with a full bar, and will open to the public on February 2. “I think it’s a Godsend that we have Porches coming,” said co-owner Ricky Salyer. “Our goal is to make Brookhaven Country Club great again.”
Stone Eagle GC Breaks Ground on Restaurant, Entertainment Space
The 4,600-sq. ft. facility in Palm Desert, Calif., will include a full-service restaurant, private indoor and outdoor dining areas, a wine room, multiple fire pits, and open spaces for receptions and live entertainment. The project is expected to be complete by mid-November.
Lakehouse Hotel & Resort Introduces New Restaurant, Updated Executive Course
The Tap In Tavern, a 70-seat restaurant that will serve 25 microbrews, and the updated St. Mark Executive Golf Course are set to debut this week as part of a $1.75 million renovation to the San Marco, Calif., property.
New Restaurant to Open at Daytona Beach (Fla.) GC
The 4,200-sq. ft. restaurant has been sitting empty for the past eight months, but a local restaurateur plans to serve three meals a day at the new Fairway Tavern Italian Bar and Grill.
Restaurant-Run Farms Reap What They Sow
As chefs look to take control over the quality of ingredients served in their restaurants, some have started growing their own produce. A growing culinary trend, more and more restaurant-run farms are cropping up as chefs look to create or partner with private farms for their specific needs. In an article that appeared in The Washington Post, Victoria Milko spoke…