Duck's Diner in Orange Beach will open a second location in the Hazel's Nook spot in Gulf Shores.
Garrett Spence, left, who co-owns Duck's Diner in Orange Beach with his mother, Michelle Deerman, shakes hands with Hazel's Nook ower Richard Schwartz outside of Hazel's Nook in Gulf Shores . Schwartz is selling the Hazel's Nook property to Spence, who will reopen the restaurant as a second location of Duck's Diner.in neighboring Orange Beach will open a second location of their restaurant in the Hazel’s space as early as next Wednesday, July 17.
Richard Schwartz, who has owned Hazel’s Nook since 1980, told AL.com on Thursday that the iconic café will serve its last customers on Monday, when he is scheduled to close on the sale of the building to Duck’s Diner co-owner Garrett Spence.“If we close the deal on Monday and he gets his stuff out and we get the renovations done on Tuesday, I hope to be open by Wednesday,” Spence said.in Orange Beach, and Spence’s mother, Michelle Deerman, bought the business in 2014.
Although the old building will soon have new owners and a new name, Spence said he wants to honor the Hazel’s tradition and its longtime owner. “I really want to do right by Richard ,” Spence said. “So I take that into account with all the decisions we make regarding it. “He didn’t want to sell it to just anybody,” Spence added. “I was just able to go over there and get my foot in the door and tell him who I was and what I wanted to do. And he said that I remind him of himself at a younger age.”Duck’s Diner Gulf Shores will be at 120 East Fort Morgan Road in Gulf Shores, Ala. Hours will be 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. daily. For more information,If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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