Approved kitchen plan with access to Taylor “Ballroom” indicates that catering weddings was the plan all along and not just an afterthought.
A bain marie, BTW, is a big table with hot water that you place pans of food in to slow cook or keep warm. I did not know that’s what they are called.
According to Wikipedia, the name: “comes from the medieval-Latin term balneum (or balineum) Mariae—literally, Mary’s bath—from which the Frenchbain de Marie, or bain-marie, is derived. The device’s invention has been popularly attributed to Mary the Jewess, an ancient alchemist. However, the water bath was known many centuries earlier (Hippocrates and Theophrastus)”
It was mentioned to me recently that right around the time someone decided it would be a good idea to have a banquet hall right above Taylor, Merri-Makers was badly in need of a new waterfront wedding venue. Did a little research into it and found out it was true.
Looks like the Botts learned in 2011 that 2012 would be their last year at the Waters Edge in Sea Bright:
Then Sandy hit, making things very difficult for the Botts and their customers:
Very difficult:
Meanwhile at the exact same time this was going on, Belmar was laying plans for a beachfront wedding hall. Hard to believe this was a coincidence.
This morning I dug down deep into the dark recesses of the Common Sense for Belmar archives and found tapes of a presentation architect Gregg Sonnenfeld made to the Boardwalk Committee on June 20, 2013. The discussion about Taylor and the wedding hall begins at the 21:45 mark of the first tape. Found it to be pretty interesting in light of what we now know.
When Taylor was finally completed as a single story banquet hall Merri-Makers was the only one to bid for the food concession lease.
{ Chart of accounts must be revealed and cross referenced with General Ledger. Pay for Forensic Accountant Review and then turn it over to the Feds. ... } – Dec 11, 9:00 PM
elemental { As I recall, a few years ago there were wire transfer payments that never made the bills-paid list. The Council could not approve payments and ... } – Dec 11, 4:51 PM
Teddy Ehmann { Gene: Great overdue question. For someone who dug too deep into th Tourism Commmision and paid the price, When you read their Minutes, when they ... } – Dec 11, 2:36 PM
DTS { #7 CG= Chuck Gimble-building inspector & building subcode official. Just start pecking away and watch everyone cave in. Maybe even Cone Man can figure this ... } – Dec 11, 8:45 PM
{ Is Merry Makers lease available for perusing? } – Dec 11, 7:48 PM
{ Know what this reminds me of? A Chinese Buffet. We could have bid out to many different catering ventures if it wasn't already a done ... } – Dec 11, 6:09 PM
{ WhosE initials are "CG" in red on the Borough of Belmar annotation after Building, date 04/17/17? } – Dec 11, 6:04 PM
DTS { #1 AYK....LOCK HER UP, LOCK HER UP. The stench is becoming more and more nauseating. Corruption at it’s best. I can’t wait for all the ... } – Dec 11, 5:45 PM
{ lOoks like Dirtbag Obstructionists , Doherty Debt and Crooked Col, deliberately planned this shakedown. Call Louie Freeh. Forensic investigation should commence 01/01/2019! } – Dec 10, 10:36 AM
{ So let me get this straight. If the plaintiffs walk away tomorrow, Matt and Colleen, Sorry, I mean the Boro Of Belmar will pay them ... } – Dec 10, 9:41 AM
Sandra Caputo { Thank you, Ken, for all your work and detailed explanations. Who decides if something goes up for public bidding or in sealed envelopes. } – Dec 10, 8:33 AM
william merkler { Nice job, the most important part now is the foundation drain. Make sure that is put in correctly or you will have a wet basement. ... } – Dec 10, 8:19 AM
