Tim Aten Knows: Old restaurant to be new resource center

Author: Tim Aten, Gulfshore Business
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Q: Demolition is almost complete on the old Long John Silver’s on the East Trail. Do you know what the plans are for that property? — Ali Mick, Naples  

A: The freestanding space on U.S. 41 East best remembered as a Long John Silver’s franchise is being redeveloped for a Women’s Care Center in East Naples.  

Although the fast-food seafood chain closed its location at 3015 Tamiami Trail E. in October 2011, many remember it occupying that highly visible half-acre more than a decade later. Long John Silver’s operated at that location since the late ’70s – more than 30 years. The restaurant lost its drive-thru lane when the East Trail was widened about 15 years ago, but the business hung in there for a few more years.  

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