David reported in last week of a stop-work order on the door of the soon-to-be Decatur Diner.  The sign was still there late last week when I stopped by, so I sent a email of inquiry to part-owner Bill Langford.  Here’s his reply…

We had hoped to be ready to open by now or at least with in a couple of weeks. Unfortunately when you’re dealing with various contractors, ordinances and inspectors, the best of plans seem to get derailed.

Although I haven’t been directly involved in the build out, the stop work order had something to do with some minor changes made to original interior plans and the failure of our general contractor not informing inspectors with updated blueprints. The new blueprints were delivered at the end of last week.( after a wait to have them changed) With the holiday, it’s another waiting game for inspectors to come back out. Not always a quick process even without a holiday.

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