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Germantown considers diner, wine bar

May 24, 2017 12:04 am
Debby Mayer reports in The Columbia Paper that the Germantown Planning Board holds a Public Hearing May 25 to get comments on a proposal to move a diner from Grand Gorge to Route 9G and Sharpes Landing Road. Michael and Vicki Lueck of Red Hook bought the circa-1955 diner last year to move to Germantown. Before that, the diner was moved from a field in Gilboa in 2008 to Grand Gorge in Delaware County. The Luecks have owned Charlie O’s Hometown Bar and Grill in Red Hook since 2010, and Michael Lueck is the brother of Martin Lueck and a part owner of Central House hotel. Lueck would like the 62-seat restaurant to serve locally sourced diner food. The board’s, “primary considerations was the height of the structure,” because the town’s scenic view overlay, looking west to the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains, applies to the site. The diner needs “upwards of 20” parking spaces. Primax Properties, who want to put a Dollar General retail store on Route 9G, will not be at the May 25 meeting as its Draft Environmental Impact Statement is still incomplete. A proposal for a coffee shop/wine bar at 212 Main Street will also be before the Planning Board at the 7 p.m. May 25 meeting at Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.