HAMPTON Al Fleury got the green light Wednesday to expand his beach bar empire with a new outdoor Mexican-themed restaurant at Hampton Beach.
The town Planning Board voted 4-2 to approve the site plan for Luchos Tequila Bar at 16 L St. Fleury also owns Bernie’s Beach Bar, Wally’s Pub, and The Goat and the Green Room at Hampton Beach.
“It will be another stop for people,” said Fleury who hopes to open the Mexican eatery by late July or early August.
The property, which is near Fleury’s Goat restaurant, currently consists of two homes that have been used for residential apartments.
PORTSMOUTH Marianne Janik knows better than most people the need to adapt to a changing environment.
In a previous professional life as a National Institutes of Health scientist, she worked to save endangered species from extinction. In her current professional life, it was adaptation that pulled her through the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I studied adaptation and what animals do to survive. Only the strong succeed and the strong are the ones that adapt,” said Janik, a jewelry artist who recently opened her Calli b. brick and mortar store at 21 Daniel St. in downtown Portsmouth after years of traveling with what she calls her “boutique on the road” to arts and craft shows and fairs throughout the Northeast.