Stores & restaurants in town: Something old, something new.…

The bar in Blue Water Bar & Grill opened Monday.

The more things change, the more they stay the same… A cou­ple of new places opened in town, and a cou­ple moved.

The Blue Water Bar & Grill (above) opened its doors on Mon­day this week. Locat­ed in the spot where the Front Street Café was locat­ed for a cou­ple of decades, and spread­ing into the old Gourmet Galley/Boardwalk Book­store space, the Blue Water offers good appe­tiz­ers and burg­ers, as well as din­ner choic­es, along with a full ser­vice bar. Drop in & tell ’em hey!

Mean­while, Mi Piace Cof­fee­house (locat­ed at the top of the fer­ry lanes) has turned into the Churchill Cof­fee­house, under new ownership.

Mad­den at Steps has been closed for a cou­ple of months now, and says he’s on track to re-open in his new spot across from Down­rig­ger’s in mid-May. Not as dra­mat­i­cal­ly, Dan Ward says he’s mov­ing San Juan Tran­sit’s main office one door down, as the surf guy next door spreads into his old space.

If you get lost, just give me a call.

The view from the Blue Water Bar & Grill - you can see the ferry come in, the Place Bar & Grill and Discovery Sea Kayaks, and the marina.

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