A “Stop Work” notice was posted by the Vero Beach Police Department last September on the glass walls of the former wine bar Vinz at Pelican Plaza on State Route A1A, abruptly halting the conversion of the premises into an exclusive private dinner and drinking club.
This week, that notice, triggered by the lack of proper building permits, was still there, but the backers of the plan to create the new White Pelican Club say they are confident all pending permit and zoning problems will be resolved this month, and they’re now hoping for a summer opening.
The club was originally supposed to have opened last fall and Rick Engel, a managing member of the White Pelican Club business and its present spokesperson, acknowledges that the delay of almost a full year means that the entire 2025-2026 winter season has now been lost…