It's an Anna Maria Island institution, but the powers that be have decided that the Cafe on the Beach will not get a new tender automatically when its lease runs out. But, according to the AMI Sun newspaper, the locals have been showing their support to the popular restaurant.
It reports that more than a thousand patrons have added their names to a petition asking county commissioners to renew the lease with the current concessionaires at Manatee County Public Beach. All but Commissioner Carol Whitmore voted to put out a request for proposals rather than sign off on a five-year extension to the lease with the current concessionaires.
Gene Shaefer and Dee Percifield-Shaefer have held the beach concession since 1992 under the name of P.S. Beach Associates.
Commissioner John Chappie, who voted in favor soliciting new bids on the concession, said at an Island Kiwanis Club meeting July 25 that he will ask the county to reconsider the vote on July 28.
We hope they do, who else is going to serve us unlimited pancakes and sausage while we sink our feet into the sand?
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