The restaurant group behind the Columbia Restaurant, with high-end dining options from St. Augustine to St. Armands may have abandoned its plans to build a new concept on Longboat Key.
The former home of Pattigeorge’s Restaurant, the parcel was purchased for $1.96 million in 2016, according to property records. Pattigeorge’s was demolished in 2018.
Town Planning and Zoning Director Allen Parsons shared at an informal community meeting that the Buccaneer Restaurant planned at the location is not moving forward. Parsons said the development team, the 1905 Family of Restaurants, is not proceeding with previously announced plans for the space…