By Mike Brassfield, Times Staff Writer
Friday, December 24, 2010
David Vaughan, left, and Damian Peyinghaus, both of Seminole, leave Frenchy’s South Beach Cafe at 351 S Gulfview Blvd. after lunch Tuesday. Clearwater has granted Frenchy’s request to create a sidewalk cafe on public right of way, in the grassy area alongside the new BeachWalk.
CLEARWATER — Very soon, one of the four Frenchy's restaurants on Clearwater Beach will open up a sidewalk cafe with tables under umbrellas right alongside the BeachWalk promenade.
"We'll probably have eight or 10 tables. There'll be landscaping, and the color of our sidewalk will match BeachWalk. It's going to look classy," said Frenchy's operations manager Alan Ebbert, standing outside Frenchy's South Beach Cafe at 351 S Gulfview Blvd.
But first, Frenchy's had to get permission from the Clearwater City Council. That's because the flat patch ...