Fine dining restaurant plans scuttled

“We will no longer be opening the restaurant.”  With that start to an internet post, the folks behind plans for the Southern Bull Restaurant in downtown Walhalla go on to announce the cancellation of their project and to explain why now, for return of investment reasons, is not the time to go forth with the venture.  They explain that they’ve discovered that the former Durham Hall building on Main Street would require much more of a retrofit than they had imagined.  And about financial considerations, they said, “Construction costs have risen dramatically this year.  Restaurants are risky enough without this type of construction expense to start.  This is a direct result of the current economy.”