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Originally Posted by upthesaukee
The physical restaurant building is owned by Sandy Point Resort family. As when the Damons ran the restaurant, it is a leased operation. Evidently, the current leasees felt this was not working for them.
In all fairness, it is a lot of work during a 4-5 month period. Best wishes to them.
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It is a lot of work & the Damons put in lots of long hours for many many years. The new leasees kept cutting days & hours of operation. Jeanne Damon would open early & the crew would do prep work all day. The new people often did not show up till an hour before opening. Also did not show up to meet suppliers, just left door unlocked. They sure didn't have the work ethic of the Damons & the results are evident. You can't run a seasonal business by cutting hours, not putting in 100% effort, & raising prices so the locals no longer eat there. Hope the next leasee is more like the Damons.
There were not many nights when the lot was full & many nights there were no boats @ the restaurant dock. I think they didn't book as many reservations so those that called were told they had no room. At 6 pm the Friday of Labor Day weekend,there were fewer than 10 cars there when I drove in. That would have been unheard of in the Damon years.