Turtlejack you should be ashamed for the way that you spew blasphemous comments about us and the old mill. The Olde Mill Steakhouse folks were kicked out for violating every lease agreement that we had with them EXCEPT paying the rent. For several years they did as agreed but for some reason they just let the quality of everything in that building slide. We had no choice but to take them to court for lease violations. IF we were GREEDY, we would have looked the other way but we couldn't let them tear it up. I have heard so many of these nasty and untrue comments without trying to correct people for long enough. We told folks that we could not negotiate a new lease with the Olde Mill Steakhouse folks because they wanted to find another location in Fayette County and we didn't want to hurt their business. I am sick of hearing these comments. You may have liked the Olde Mill Steakhouse food but thank your lucky stars that you didn't get sick because they got a 69 on one of their food inspection reports. If you think I am making this up then go to the county and ask them. You may not have liked the Old Mill Fish and Grill food, but at least we were clean!!!

Too many folks in our area don't want to invest in the mill, but want to tell US what to do with it. We have NEVER wanted to do anything but give Fayette County something to be proud of. We are not greedy or mean spirited. If we were greedy, we would have just bandaged that old building up, thrown sawdust down and left it at that. You have no idea what you are talking about.

For your information we have talked to Long Horn, Outback, Red Lobster and several others but they don't want the building because it does not have their "corporate look".

All we want to do is make the property capable of having something nice in conjunction with the restaurant. - Perhaps a nice sports store, a museum, or antique store, or how about a great book store and coffee shop? What is wrong with that?

You are cruel to quote Neil as saying something that he did not say. I don't know where you get your information, but you need to find a truthful source before you spout out any more comments about anyone.

We need the support of the county. Instead of criticizing us, maybe you and others could take a constructive positive approach and help get the building in use again. We spent years of our lives working to create that beautiful landmark. How can that be considered greedy?

How about we put a used car lot on that spot!!! Easy, just kidding!!
I'm just say'n...

The serenity of the Crystal Lake is such that as one of the 30,000 cars that travel past occasionally I can look over and see the Beauty of the lake and Damn. Thanks for not destroying this with an Auto Parts and Tire Store to block the view.
In addition, if you would go ahead and plow up the existing pavement and landscape the property with the natural surroundings you could probably make this into a Tourist trap and sell cheap junk from China. Just make sure it doesn’t have any lead paint though.
Cheers!

Less we all remember that it was the Davis family that purchased this property years ago and leased it to what then became Olde Mill Steakhouse and one of the best places to eat in Fayette County. When the Davis' greed for an inflated leasing contract could not be married with Olde Mill (Malone's), Neil Davis turned them away publically stating that there were "plenty of other parties interested in purchasing the property". Yeah, where??? Who would want to purchase a property with a 100+ year old dam to contend with? Instead, we are left with another failed business deal, vacant restaurant and visions of an antique shop. Give me a break. The latest Davis venture (Old Mill Fish and Grill) was a disaster of bland food, lousy service, small portions and inflated pricing. Come to your senses Neil and lease this parcel to a restaurant that will make a go of it - get out of the property management business for yours and everyone else's sake.

I sure wish we could get Lambert's Cafe to buy it OR move into it. The building is the right kind of building for the type of food they sell and theme. The "Throwed Rolls" cafe.
http://www.throwedrolls.com/lamberts_tour.html
and they have good food and good values
http://www.throwedrolls.com/golden_rules.html
and they always have a line out the door.

If we convinced the folks at Pies On Pizza to move there it would be terrific. They need a bigger space (the place is always packed) and it would be closer to PTC! PTC folks have to escape to get awesome pizza since all we have is that Partners crap. Move Pies On to the Old Mill!!!!

It is hard for me to understand how an empty restaurant generating ZERO revenue improves anyone's quality of life. It is equally difficult to see how an antique shop will be any worse for the neighborhood than a restaurant. Now, maybe hoodlums have begun scrap booking and antiquing, but I have yet to get that memo. I just don't see why folks would want to control, to this extent, someone else's property usage; property already used for commercial purposes. Is this small government staying out of our way???