"We had this big piece of land with a big restaurant right in the middle of it," Monroe said. "There was no way that both restaurants could be accommodated there without demolition of all structures on the site."
Wrecking crews not only tore down the newest Shanty restaurant, which had been used as a Joe Gentile Seafood House, but also the original Shanty building, which had gone to the dogs in recent years.
After serving as a commissary for the Seafood Shanty chain for several years after the new restaurant opened on the site, the older building became the home of Adorable Pups, a pet store, which has since moved to a new location.
Monroe said construction on both restaurants was planned to start by April, with an early winter opening.
He said plans call for construction of an 8,400-square-foot Red Lobster restaurant seating 270. Wood, artifacts and photos are to make it look as if it were harborside in Boston.
Monroe said he had no particulars on the Olive Gardens plan.
GROUP COLLECTS FOR NEEDY
* Business Cares, a Bucks County foundation formed to enrich the lives of the needy during the holiday season, is in the midst of its annual fund drive. The drive again is led by Bob Byers, president of Byers Choice, New Britain Township.
All money contributed by business people throughout the county is distributed to the needy through eight Bucks County agencies. For information, call 215-345-7051.
BUILDERS ELECT OFFICERS
* Steven Katz of Katz Development Co., Ambler, is the new president of the Home Builders Association of Bucks and Montgomery Counties. He succeeds Stuart Price of Granor Price Homes, Glenside.
Other officers elected for 1995 are John Westrum of Westrum Development Co., Blue Bell, vice president; Richard Sudall of K. Hovnanian Companies, Trevose, treasurer, and Joy Thomas of Light World, Trevose, associate vice president.
TWO JOIN LAW FIRM
* Mardi Harrison and Marc Bragg have been named associates with the law firm of Groen, Laveson, Goldberg & Rubenstone, Bensalem.
Harrison, a resident of Warrington, graduated cum laude from the Temple University School of Law. She received her bachelor's degree from Brooklyn
College and a master's degree in speech pathology from Columbia University.
She and her husband operated a firm that supplied technical and marketing services to the electronics industry for more than 15 years.
Bragg, a resident of Malvern, is a graduate of the Temple University School of Law and the University of California. He has extensive experience in real estate development.
He has been involved in world service, having worked as a Habitat for Humanity construction volunteer in Mexico and as a refugee housing assistant in Afganistan.
