At first glance, a boarded-up hotel covered in graffiti along Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas has deteriorated into blight, illicit drug activity and a homeless crash pad since its closure several years ago.
But behind the scenes, an Encinitas developer has purchased Portofino Beach Inn and neighboring Captain Keno’s Restaurant to transform the properties into residential units, office spaces, a restaurant and bar, the latter of which will be named after the longtime Leucadia eatery.
Sunday, November 14, 2021
New development plans for Captain Keno's, Portofino Crack House
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Sounds good and the guy knows how to color inside the lines! No help needed from professional $taff to push bad plans over the finish line.
ReplyDeleteCaptain Keno's was a symbol of the earlier era, where the surf town was quaint and people knew each other. The owner helped many charities and kept his prices low. Sad to see it come to an end.
ReplyDeleteFor a second I thought i had clicked on Enc Guerilla
ReplyDeleteYou didn't. See, there's the Guerrilla and there's Undercover.
DeleteBrought to you by the people who voted for BIAspear. Believe in her vision - Big Town, not beach town. Its what you wanted and voted for right?
ReplyDeleteWhat is your problem with the new proposal, 8:10?
Delete8:10 Do you really think anybody who reads here voted for Blakespear? How about you post your anger on the sites that support her?
Delete3:53 - Thanks for posting. How about you kiss my ass?!
Delete6:22 How about you get a brain?
Delete6:50 Done. Now kiss my ass!
Delete3:53pm- Who are you kidding loser?
DeleteWe all know the Mayor, City Council, staff, news reporters and all the movers and shakers in North County follow this blog to find out the real happenings of Encinitas. Its real news not like the paid for shit you get in the other publications that have to pander for Advertising $$$ to Cities and special interests.
Ask $tock$ if anyone reads this blog! Ha! Ah Haaa ha ha!!
Almost all the comments posted here are ignorant and stupid. They're uninformed reactionary opinions. That especially includes you, 7:15. You're too ignorant and stupid to realize how ignorant and stupid you are. On top of that, you're a broken-record, one-trick pony. You post the same stupid shit over and over again. You have little knowledge and no imagination. You sully this blog. Get a brain, you moron!
Deletec'on man! You said ignorant and stupid three times. You also already told us to get a brain. Are you OK Brandon?
DeleteLets go Brandon!
Let's go Brandon
ReplyDeleteJust go....
DeleteI think I touched a nerve.
DeleteLet's go Bannon!
DeleteEric Gilmer and his Swell Properties were an absolute failure in managing the Portofino property.
ReplyDeleteThey let it become a shooting gallery and crash pad for the homeless and drug addicts.
The neighbors had to deal with this condition, while Swell did nada and allowed it become what we all saw in some of the latest photos. Put the blame where it belongs.
Another point is that Eric/Swell had plenty of money to keep on buying properties all around our town, and yet, did nothing to consider the neighbors who were most affected by their lack of responsibility over managing the Portofino Property.
Nice work Eric. Screw them for screwing over the neighbors.
Hopefully the new owner will show some responsibility over the properties he now owns. Good damn riddance to you Eric and your moneyed partners, at least with this one mismanaged property.
12:13 absolutely nailed it.
ReplyDeleteDeals and cash for me but as for my being ethical or considerate of my neighbors or those around me fuk that sht dude I got astronomically high overhead and you are all just a bunch of deplorable plebs who pollute the air with your vehicles and natural gas stoves!
Asshoes!