After nearly three years, Beach Bar is back.
Watch Fox 4 Photojournalist Andy Cunningham’s story, about why the significance of the reopening goes beyond having the bar back:
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Hundreds of people were at a ribbon cutting to celebrate the grand reopening of the popular attraction destroyed in Hurricane Ian. Most wore either red, white and blue to coincide with the July 4th holiday or Beach Bar printed shirts while they listened to live music by Bladen and Dottie Kelly Band.
The new building was constructed specifically to withstand the danger posed by future hurricanes and storm surge.
“It’s 20 ft high, all concrete, steel and metal. Security gates will come down at night. When a storm comes, the gates will go up and we’re hoping everything just flows right through,” owner Greg Boyd said…