SLO County News BlogGolf, Wine, Real Estate, Business & Travel NewsGenerations of San Luis becomes The Club CarTuesday, June 13, 2006Randy and Pete Baudendistel have sold their restaurant, Generations of San Luis, to a restaurateur who recently relocated to the Central Coast from Martha's Vineyard, Mass. The deal will close, for an undisclosed sum, by June 30."I will absolutely miss this restaurant," said Randy Baudendistel, who bought the restaurant in San Luis Obispo’s historic railroad district two years ago. "But expenses, such as delivery charges, kept going up, and it was hard to keep competitive. It's time for someone else to pick up the baton." The new owner, Joe Hall, plans to rename the restaurant, at 1815 Osos St., The Club Car as an acknowledgement of the building's place in the county’s railroad history. The restaurant, near the San Luis Obispo Amtrak station, is in the old Park Hotel, also known as the Axtell Hotel, which served train passengers and railroad workers in the early 1920s. Hall says he does not intend to change too much about the restaurant but instead build on what already is in place. He plans, however, to enlarge the kitchen, repaint the interior and move furniture around to "make it a little more intimate." He’s also looking for a new chef. Hall had managed The Black Dog, a Martha's Vineyard restaurant, for 20 years until he moved to Arroyo Grande in 2004. Tags: San Luis Obispo Central Coast Restaurants Read More
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