BURRILLVILLE – The girl within the course of of buying Uncle Ronnie’s Crimson Tavern has secured a license to develop the enterprise’s out of doors choices, with plans to utilize a at present vacant discipline on the property.
Burrillville resident Aimee Kyne is anticipated to shut on the sale for 2692 Victory Freeway subsequent week, in accordance with these with data of the deal.
The restaurant, a city staple for almost twenty years, first went available on the market for $1.3 million in 2021. House owners Paula and Ronnie Dumas have plans to retire after greater than 18 years of serving up traditional consolation meals, reside music and out of doors drinks to guests.
Underneath the identify Ark Operations, Kyne transferred the enterprise’s victualing and liquor licenses to the brand new entity in Might, additionally looking for approval for expanded out of doors service on the location. Based on schematic plans introduced to the City Council, Kyne plans to arrange 14 further tables in what’s now a grassy vacant discipline to the facet of the restaurant, together with a bar and out of doors video games together with cornhole and big variations of Join 4 and Jenga, in addition to ring toss.
Kyne, who has run the Waysider Grille on Submit Highway in East Greenwich since her buy of that restaurant final 12 months, instructed councilors she plans to maintain the Burrillville enterprise’s menu the identical. Paperwork present Kyne additionally plans to maintain the Uncle Ronnie’s moniker, dropping solely the phrase “Crimson” from the present identify.
She had additionally hoped to safe a license for out of doors leisure on the venuw, however councilors instructed her it’s at present prohibited by city ordinance.
“You’re welcome to rock out inside, such as you all the time do,” Council President Don Fox stated of the enterprise. “There’s nothing we will formally approve for you for music.”
“There’s like three completely different locations that do music outdoors, so I used to be slightly confused,” Kyne stated of the rejection. “The competitors is loopy, as a result of there’s music all over the place outdoors.”
Kyne famous that the enterprise has just a few residential neighbors, who all indicated assist for the plan.
“Surrounding cities and locations on the town have out of doors music,” she stated. “I wasn’t making an attempt to trigger a ruckus on the town.”
“You’re positively in an space the place it might make extra sense,” agreed Fox, noting that the city’s Ordinance Subcommittee may take a look at the problem sooner or later. “It’s not essentially going to occur instantly. Now we have to be very cautious with the noise ordinances that now we have.”
Kyne has already obtained the needed building, police, and fire approvals for the project to extend outdoor service to a triangular piece of the roughly 1-acre lot, with plans to fence in the new outdoor space offering a game area for both kids and adults. She appeared before the council twice in May, with Fox noting that councilors were confused by the initial application. The business already offers service on a 1,374- square-foot wood deck at the back of the restaurant.
“Most of us here understood her application to be for the patio that we know at Uncle Ronnie’s,” Fox said.
Now, renovations are approved to get underway as soon as the sale of the business finally closes.
“You’re good to serve drinks and beverages on your expanded patio now,” Fox said.
