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Dean Neff’s latest restaurant, Seabird, will open by mid-April, as Old School Rebuilders continue to transform the space at the corner of Front and Market streets in the heart of downtown Wilmington. (Port City Daily/Shea Carver)
WILMINGTON Dean Neff drove by the corner of Front and Market streets numerous times over the last few years, looking up at the historic building that once housed local bars River Rat and The Whiskey. Its potential magnified in his mind’s eye, as he envisioned what a restaurant could be in the space.
Neff is best known in Wilmington as the founding chef of Pinpoint. He sold his shares in the eatery in 2019 and since has been looking for the right space to open his newest concept.