Restaurants & Bars
Town-Owned Bank Site May Become New Southington Restaurant
The Southington Planning and Zoning Commission has an application from a developer to open a restaurant at the old Bank of America site.
SOUTHINGTON, CT — A former bank site owned by the town may soon be sold and converted into a restaurant that will feature alcohol service and rooftop dining.
According to an application filed with the Southington Planning and Zoning Commission, the old Bank of America property at 22 Main St., Southington, could soon become a restaurant.
Southington-based A & K Woodworking LLC is slated to purchase the property from the Town of Southington, and it has filed a site plan application to turn the bank building into a restaurant.
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That document was officially received by the PZC at its last meeting on Oct. 7.
According to the application on file with the PZC, which next meets Oct. 21, the site plan is sought for a restaurant with alcohol service and indoor/outdoor rooftop dining.
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In addition, the applicant is seeking a special exception from the Southington Zoning Board of Appeals for the alcohol service component, as the site is located in the central business zone.
The ZBA meets on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. to decide that special exception. The meeting will be at the John J. Weichsel Municipal Center, 196 N. Main St.
As for which restaurant will go there, those details have yet to be finalized and are contingent on the applicant officially acquiring the site from the Town of Southington.
"Once the applicant purchases the property, it will identify an operator for the restaurant," Gregory W. Piecuch, an attorney representing the applicant, said in a letter to the town.
The Town of Southington purchased the bank site last year for $2 million as a way to increase parking in the business district.
Before the town's acquisition of the bank site, it had been vacant for three years.
At the time, town officials said Bank of America sold the site to Southington as a "goodwill" gesture, despite the town being outbid.
Under the plan, Southington would keep the parking lot portion of the property as a municipal lot, while the building would be converted into a restaurant.
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