Angelo’s & Vinci’s bids Fullerton farewell –

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Frontier Real Estate hosted a meeting at Fullerton Library Conference Center about their updated proposal on the “Fox Block” on October 12. About two years ago, City Council voted to enter into a exclusive negotiation agreement with Frontier to come up with a “public market style commercial development.”

Frontier is taking the existing Angelo’s & Vinci’s property and a couple of city-owned properties and tying them together to create the Fox Block. The Block will include restaurants, retail shops, an outdoor dining area, a brewery, and a space for live entertainment. The Ellis Place entrance will be closed from Harbor Blvd. This will create a cul de sac street on Ellis Pl. Pomona Ave. is where the entrance will be.

The parking lot in the triangle north of Ellis Pl. This will then be transformed into small shops (titled “Building 1” on the picture); Angelo’s (titled “Building 2” On the photo) will then be renovated and will have two floors. However, it will hold five people. There will be two small restaurants as well as two restaurants that can serve you at your table. All of these restaurants will be located on the first floor. The lounge area on the second floor has a balcony.

In reference to Angelo’s closing, Tom Carpenter (Vice President of Acquisitions and Leasing at Frontier) said “She [Cynthia Peck, owner of Angelo’s] Retired is the best. It is our favorite restaurant. I don’t think there is any other restaurant like it…the spirit of that [building] It will be there. We are keeping the outer walls; we’re not making drastic changes to the outside, we are taking off some of the façade and cleaning up the property, but the building and the footprint and the spirit of the exterior will remain.”

Todd Huffman, Fox Theater Foundation director said, “Our group is excited about what we saw and it’s going to be a great addition to downtown Fullerton and a great compliment to the Fox Theater. It’s well-designed and looks like they matched the design of Fullerton College and Fullerton High School. We still need to see how the parking structure is going to work, but early indications look like it will be adequate.” He later said in reference to Angelo’s closing. “The reincarnation of Angelo’s and Vinci’s is going to be good; I think [Angelo’s founder] Steven Peck would have been proud.”

This report will be sent to the Planning Commission at the end this month. The City Council could approve it by the end next year. Construction could begin in the middle of next season and will take between 15 and 17 months.

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