Shore on Longboat Key is another step closer to opening, as contractors began tearing down the former Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant this week.
Shore co-owner Mark Caragiulo said the demolition should take less than 48 hours, with construction of the new restaurant set to begin next week.
“We’re excited to get started,” said co-owner and founder Tom Leonard in a previous interview with the Longboat Observer.
An excavator has been tearing apart the former Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant on Longboat Key this week.
Longbeach Village residents watch the demolition from their balconies.
The new Shore on Longboat Key will be in Longbeach Village at the north end of the island.
Shore on Longboat Key will feature a 2,300 -square-foot kitchen.
Shore co-owner Mark Caragiulo said demolition of the former Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant should take less than 48 hours.
Roughly half the restaurant is in ruins as teams continue demolition this week.
Contractors joked with a passing bicyclist that a car had crashed into the restaurant.
Moore’s sold for $3.2 million last year.
Shore on Longboat Key will also boast 185 seats, 55 parking spaces and 16 boat slips.
Longbeach Vilage residents and the town of Longboat Key anxiously awaited the demolition of Moore’s.
“We're excited to get started,” said Shore co-owner Tom Leonard.
A mangled air conditioning unit was still buzzing and steaming this morning.
Shore co-owner Mark Caragiulo said demolition of the former Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant should take less than 48 hours.
