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(CNS): A local lawyer will be bringing country music to the heart of Grand Cayman’s tourist district after being granted a liquor licence by the board. Following an extraordinary meeting of the Liquor Licensing Board to hear applications as a result of the temporary suspension of the moratorium, Buck Grizzel was given the go ahead for a bar and restaurant with a country music theme in Seven Mile Shops. Grizzel was one of a number of people applying for new licenses during the brief window of opportunity. President of Cayman’s Culinary Society Chef Vidyadhara Shetty was also granted a license for a new fusion restaurant in the new Fidelity Centre on West Bay Road.
William Baldwin was the first applicant to be granted a new license during the lifting of the ban on new liquor licenses, following the board’s regular quarterly meeting on the 9 December, for two tour boats. The other new applications were, however, deferred to a special meeting, which took place on Wednesday afternoon when the board heard four different applications.
Grizzel told the board that he planned to bring the country music theme into the heart of the tourist district, and although there were no plans for bucking bulls, he said there were plans to feature live Caymanian acts as well country DJs and Karaoke against the backdrop of a country music themed bar and restaurant that, he said, would become the place for country music fans on island.
Chef Shetty, who has been in Cayman for more than 17 years, where for the most part he has been the head chef at the Hyatt, revealed his plans for a new Indian-Euro fusion restaurant using fresh local foods. He said that for years people have been asking him to open his open restaurant and the opportunity had now arisen, so he was ready to do it. Promising to train more young Caymanian chefs in his kitchen, Shetty said the restaurant, which would be in the unit at the Fidelity Centre, needed a liquor license.
While Grizzel and Shetty were both given the green light, two other applications for package license were deferred until the New Year.
Eric Vagniez, the proprietor of Cayman’s Finest, which is a wholesale importer of gourmet and speciality foods, mostly from France, applied for a package license so he can add speciality wines to his list of products.
Meanwhile, Duane Ebanks, the owner of ‘Memory Lane, formerly the Inferno Club in West Bay, requested a package license in order to sell some speciality souvenir Cayman liquors in one of his shops at the location. Aiming to create a number of localised spirits for the tourist market, Ebanks says he has come up with some unique ideas and does not intend to sell a full range of liquor but just his own products.
The board also lifted the abeyance of the license at Archie’s Place on Sheddon Road, and Neil Bryington was granted a variation to his liquor licence in Caymana Bay to allow him to cater for functions off the premises of his Abacus restaurant in and around the new town centre.
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Older Caymanians love country while the younger Caymanians love rap,unfortunately those two genres of music is the worst type of music ever…..just put the two together and what you get is nothing but CRAP.(LOL)
Ride ’em up!!!
Herd ’em out!!!
We got two kinds ‘a music
Country
and
Westrn’
Rollin’ rollin’ git them doggies rollin’!!
Jake!!!!Elwood!!!!! Save us!!!!
It’s going to be called Buckaroos – what else would you expect being owned by Buck. That one won over: The Corral, Hew-Haw, Bush ‘n’ Cheney’s, Dew Drop Inn and Priarie Oyster (that was when the concept was a cowboy raw-bar).
This is absolutely wonderful news. A new bar on SMB. Lord knows we need more of this, there are just not enough places to get an alcoholic drink on this island. And run by a lawyer too, what more could we ask for? He deserves to make much more money than he already is and thank you for giving back to the community.
Are they going to play just Country Music or both Country & Western?
My heros have always been cowboys, and they still are it seems…..
I think it’s great. Cayman is full of country music lovers with nowhere to go and enjoy themselves. Can’t wait until they open. What’s it gonna be called?
I agree with you, it is a great idea! Caymanians grew up on country music and it has always been a very real part of our culture. I extend best wishes to Buck for much success in this venture.
wow a lawyer who supports drinking. that says alot. hope ull be there to bale the people out of jail and prison sentences. let the convictions come down!!!This just upsets me and enrages me that this is what the future of this country will be about. instead of doing something meaningful they do a bar. what a waste!!!
There are enough Lawyers on the island that drink to adequately support this venture and I am pretty sure that Buck will look forward to them as his clientele.
For those who dont like the idea "Pixx" on you. You can just keep on doing your drinking wherever makes you happy.
I suggest you learn the difference between "bale" and "bail" before you post again. The fact is that Caymanians and many of our country guests are heavy drinkers and will do so wherever they wish.
Careful my dear. I hope you remember that Jesus drank wine and celebrated with friends now and then. Living a joyful life is much easier if you don’t worry so much about the choices that other people are making.
oh heavenly father, they’re playing the jesus card again
Jesus drank wine because he knew it was good for you. The alcohol kills the bacteria and parasites. Water is the most unhealty drink you can have because it is full of bacteria and parasites. Cholera and many other diseases are carried by water and adding chemicals such a chlorine is bad for your health.
So three cheers to Buck. At least he is one Lawyer who knows what is good for his clients.
that’s silly, nobody ever hit their kids, bedded the neighbor and got in their car and killed someone because they had 6 glasses of water.
Oh yeah???
Check out your congregation about an hour after next Sunday service…
Or maybe they took the Sacrament – one sip an’ ya jus’ might slip…
huh? stay on topic…
Why didn’t buck do something like that for Bucky’s? We need a hang out on the brac thats worth going to.
Oh how I miss Durty Reids.
Hope you open before christmas Buck.
Will they have both types of music – Country and Western?
This is great news. I hope Buck will hire GONE COUNTRY and Andy Martin and Burmon Scott to provide live music.
If the Cayman Cowboy has any risk of appearing please someone build a church within 1500 ft quickly! It is the audio equivalent of waterboarding.
yee-haw!
Great, another place for people to go get trashed….just what this island needs
haha, thanks for the holiday spirit there… of course, everyone who goes to a bar gets trashed… thanks for your input. Bet Xmas is all sorts of fun round your house.