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Thirsty Marlin Coming to Safety Harbor
Mark Schantz/SUNCOAST NEWS
Brian St. Arnold, right, who is planning to open a second Thirsty Marlin restaurant, in Safety Harbor, with Dave Davidson, owner of Tailgaters Restaurant. The original Thirsty Marlin is in Palm Harbor.
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Published: October 13, 2007
SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. - SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. - Owners of Thirsty Marlin Restaurant in downtown Palm Harbor plan to spawn a second eatery, in Safety Harbor.
Brian St. Arnold, Thirsty Marlin co-owner, said he is excited about the prospect of bringing the restaurant's special blend of food and fun to Safety Harbor.
St. Arnold is planning to demolish a vacant house at Second Avenue South and Second Street South and construct a nautical-style eatery in its place.
Thirsty Marlin, a laid-back Caribbean style restaurant, features a full menu, liquor bar and, most nights of the week, live musical entertainment.
St. Arnold said he and partner Michael Flowers studied the area and found there is no place like Thirsty Marlin here. The restaurant will open for lunch and continue into the night with food and entertainment.
Like the Palm Harbor restaurant, the Safety Harbor Thirsty Marlin will become a destination and meeting spot for business meetings, parties and gatherings of friends, St. Arnold predicted.
St. Arnold said he hopes to be open by late spring or early summer.
Matt McLachlan, the city's community development director, said Thirsty Marlin will be a great addition to the downtown. It will spread development south of Main Street, revitalize the area around Harbour Point and bring more visitors downtown, McLachlan.
"We can't wait for them to come in with an application," McLachlan said. The project will have to go through the site plan review process to make sure it is compatible with the city's land development code, he said.
Revitalization and redevelopment of the Safety Harbor downtown is taking place in clusters, a plan that has been successful in Dunedin and other cities, McLachlan said.
In another area of downtown, a developer plans to tear down a retail center at Main Street and Second Avenue North that has outgrown its usefulness and build a mixed-use office and retail complex there, according to McLachlan.
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