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Golden Corral proposed at current Folks site

A request has been submitted to the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board to build an 11,000-square-foot Golden Corral restaurant on the property that currently contains a 5,219-square-foot Folks restaurant “that will be demolished.”

0525Golden — A request has been submitted to the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board to build an 11,000-square-foot Golden Corral restaurant on the property that currently contains a 5,219-square-foot Folks restaurant “that will be demolished.”

Kristen Oliver

Updated: May 24, 2016, 11:28 PM

Published: May 24, 2016, 11:33 PM

A Golden Corral may replace the Folks restaurant on Browns Bridge Road, and it would be twice the size of the current building. A request that goes before the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board in June would facilitate demolition of the builing that houses Folks. A variance request was submitted by Bryan Day with Day Design Group for changes to parking space and setback requirements on the property at the intersection of Browns Bridge Road and Pearl Nix Parkway.

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