After closing for much of the winter, The Plainsâ famed coal mining town shop-turned craft beer hall and restaurant Eclipse Company Store reopened in recent weeks while undergoing a change in ownership.
The establishment is in the process of being acquired from current owner Jon Sowash by Larryâs Dawg House and Athens Steak âN Shake owner Jim Stricklin, alongside his brother Scott, friend Eli Fluornoy and Fluornoyâs daughter. I think Jim is an experienced and proven restaurateur and I think he can guide the place to a new level. We ve had a lot of success up to now, lot of support from the community, Sowash said in an interview. I don t have restaurant experience. My goal was to see the building preserved and restored and a new use that would be lasting and supported by the community.