Home Plate on the Trail is open for business in time to welcome baseball fans in town for the Toronto Blue Jays' Spring Training season home opener.
Robin Wening hit a home run when Iris's Grill closed in January. New owner Cindy Phillips set out to completely transform and refurbish the Douglas Avenue eatery, right down to its name, and offered the public a chance to come up with its new identity for a $200 prize. Wening, of Palm Harbor, said she saw the contest in a story on Dunedin Patch and drove over to the restaurant to submit her idea. When she hadn't heard anything for a while, she decided to drive by and was shocked to see her "Home Plate" in big black block letters above the trademark roadside sign. She's been a regular customer ever since. "When I stopped in the other day, Cindy, the owner, told one of the customers in there that I'd 'named the joint!'" Wening wrote in an …
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New owners who have taken over Iris's Grill recently are gutting the restaurant and starting from scratch. Help them rename the dining establishment for a shot at $200.
New owner Cindy Phillips is in the process of transforming Iris's Grill — right down to its name. The Douglas Avenue eatery has been closed for the past two to three weeks as she takes over ownership responsibilities. Last week, crews were seen power-washing the outside of the restaurant. Its former moniker is stripped from the awning above the door. Phillips told Dunedin Patch she's also been hard at work cleaning and refurbishing the inside and is not yet sure when the new, yet-named restaurant will open. She's still got lots of work to do, she said. A message was placed above the eatery's roadside, trademark cartoon waitress sign late last week, asking residents to help rename the restaurant for a cash award. "Name This Place $200 …
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Carole
2:54 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013
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