Former Enchanted Playhouse/ Main St Theater proposed for indoor golf venue plus eatery & bar
Almost 4 years after the curtain fell on the Enchanted Playhouse, the former Main Street movie theater has remained dark. Purchased by Visalia developer JR Shannon a few years ago, a Tulare group is now planning a new innovative use.
Plans were filed this past week by Scott Wright and Shane Moss to open Mulligans, an 8500sf remodel of the Downtown building to offer an indoor golf venue coupled with a restaurant and bar.
The proposed project was heard at a city Site Plan Review hearing February 8and received positive revise and proceed response.
Asked when the place might open Shane Moss says they are still working on details but he hopes it could open by the end of this year. Moss says virtual golf is popular around the country not just to have fun but to improve your golf game.
Landmark Visalia Fugazzis restaurant has a new owner
As of last October Gabriel and Silvia Diaz are the new owners of Fugazzis on Main Street as founder Mike Fligor has sold interest to longtime employees who will continue to operate different Fugazzi locations not just on Main Street in Visalia but in Tulare, Hanford and Kingsburg.
Meanwhile the Porterville and second Visalia locations have closed.
Gabriel says he still works with Fugazzi founder Mike Fligor and meets with fellow Fugazzi operators regularly to plan strategy. He says he considers Fligor “a mentor” having worked with him for 16 years.
Gabriel reminds people that Fugazzis is not just an Italian restaurant but emphasizes they offer fusion cuisine, looking to continue to come up with new offerings all the time. He is busy on social media promoting his Downton eatery, happy that the area continues to be a destination for hungry residents and visitors with so many choices.
Those choices will soon include new burger place House of JuJu (also in Clovis and Morro Bay) and the rebuilt Alejandra’s Mexican food and Jimmy John’s who were each shut down due to the huge fire last year but are busy remodeling to open later this year.