For two years, the lot off Northwest Main Street where The Ivy House once stood as a haven for Southern comfort food has been a quiet gap in Williston.
Melanie’s, a family restaurant that served the community for more than 15 years, remains shuttered after a devastating fire in September 2024. And Hitchcock’s Market, a longtime small-chain grocery store, closed in October and is expected to reopen as a Winn-Dixie in December.
Despite the empty storefronts that punctuate parts of town, Williston’s business community is far from dormant…