The new sports bar could open as early as Aug. 1, Ewart said. It will employ 15 to 20 people. Plans call for building a deck for patio seating, he said.
The sports bar and restaurant will have about 15 large-screen televisions and two pool tables, Ewart said. Its signature menu items will include chicken wings, cheesesteak and a 10-ounce pork chop, the pub’s owner said.
Ewart signed a five-year lease on the building which previously housed a Perkins restaurant prior to becoming Starlite Diner. Starlite closed its Wilmington Pike location in January.
Renovations have begun on another vacant bar-restaurant virtually across the street from the future Sidelines Grill — the former Crocodile Louie’s/Grindstone Charley’s at 4139 Wilmington Pike — which will become an El Rancho Grande. That restaurant also is projected to open in August.
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