The major sticking point was the loss of a pond championed by activists for its environmental significance. The site was put up for sale in 2016 as a back-up plan in case the property owner was unable get the needed approvals. A restaurant was not part of the proposed remodel. Reneson Hotels, owners of the inn, have had plans to renovate and rebrand the hotel as a 175-room hotel by Marriott, but have been unable to get the town to sign off. Gogri said they are interested in the former Best Lil’ Porkhouse at 60 Madera Blvd., which is part of the Best Western Corte Madera Inn property. Gogri said they would likely not go after it. In Corte Madera, the franchise partners were at one point interested in developing the former Denny’s on Paradise Drive off Highway 101, but the site is already being pursued by the Petaluma-based Amy’s Drive Thru. He said many of his customers come from Novato and have said they want a restaurant closer to home. The ideal setting for a Novato restaurant would be within the Vintage Oaks shopping center off Highway 101, Gogri said. That boundary includes Marin County, the cities of Santa Rosa and Petaluma and Mendocino County. Gogri explained that the development agreement gives the franchise partners authority to open restaurants over a regional boundary in the North Bay. The space was previously occupied by Heirloom Grill and a Chili’s before that. This past November, he opened the restaurant at the Northgate III property across from Macy’s, after several months of delay. Gogri opened his first Black Bear Diner in Danville in November 2015. “But if the right deal falls into place, we own the rights to develop in the entire county.” “My dream would be to open the next restaurant in Novato,” Gogri said. The Black Bear Diner franchisees who just opened a restaurant in Terra Linda say they have plans to develop another eatery in the Marin County area within the year.įranchise partners Karan Gogri and Sanjiv Patel are scouting sites in Novato and Corte Madera as part of a development agreement with Black Bear Diner to open 19 new restaurants over the next six years.
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