Coastal Smokehouse
While the real estate representative for the buyer is staying mum, Matt Ortt, a managing partner of Matt Ortt Companies, confirmed by email this week that the owners of the Ropewalk franchise will be taking over the Coastal Smokehouse on Route 50 in West Ocean City.
No other details were available on the transition this week and Chris Reda with Chris Reda Real Estate Team, the entity listed as the owner of the Ropewalk company, declined comment.
Several Ropewalk restaurants exist throughout the region and state, including in Ocean City on 82nd Street; in Bethany Beach; in Chincoteague, Virginia; and in Federal Hill near Baltimore. The company also owns other establishments, such as the Alley Oops spots in Ocean City.
Macky’s, Globe, more, changing hands, moving
Some may not show it much on the outside, but several resort area restaurants will be taking on new management and owners before the kick-off of the 2023 summer season.
“For the last several years, the hotel industry has seen quite a bit of change in ownership and that seems to be happening to the restaurant industry
now,” Susan Jones, the executive director of the Ocean City Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association, said in an email this week of all the food establishments that have announced or confirmed big changes in ownership and locations.
“All around the country, and in Maryland, there are restaurants closing and changing hands,” she added.
The following restaurants have either inked deals with new owners or managers, or are working on getting there:
I hope the food improves. Took the family there when it first opened… service was good but the food was very average. Haven’t been back since.
Its been interesting times the past 10 yrs. We all are in our heyday years and now the take over or family continuations occupying familiar businesses or branching out buying existing parcels with expansions. Not only here on the island, but the explosion of businesses and residences in West O.
More folks like Bunkman need to continue to remind future generations how our 10 mile island grew from the 70s forward and the good and bad that growth brought. In do time the familiar names in business will be gone and hopefully with history to remember our island will prosper for generations.
Hopefully with a new Route 50 bridge too!
Best wishes to the new owners this year as well as all businesses.
Need to have some STRIP CLUBS !!!!!! Not right that we can’t have any