CAPE ELIZABETH — The Cape Elizabeth Planning Board on Dec. 20
unanimously approved plans to tear down Rudy’s on the Cape at 517 Ocean House
Road and replace it with a new 80-seat restaurant built in a Cape Cod style.
Resident Paul Woods bought Rudy’s, a local
landmark, on July 7. The combination diner/convenience store closed for three
weeks at the end of September, when a previous operating lease ran out. It then
reopened Oct. 17, by which time Woods had announced his plans for the 1.16-acre
lot.
The new building, with a first floor measuring
roughly 2,100 square feet, will have a footprint some 500-square-feet smaller
than Rudy’s has now. However, it will have a 900-square foot second floor, for
office space and storage. The building will shift closer to David Point Road to
make room for a 39-space parking lot.
The restaurant will add booths to the current
tables-only décor. While no lunch counter was mentioned, there will be an
eight-seat bar area. The layout will feature 52 seats inside the restaurant and
28 seats on a seasonal, covered porch. The current Rudy’s will close, probably
in March, while the new building is constructed.
"We anticipate it may take about three
months to get everything together – the financing and final details,"
architect Pat Carroll said.
The board also approved a second phase of
development, allowing Woods to set aside about 6,000 square feet between the
new Rudy’s and David Point Road for a 1,250-square-foot retail building.
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