Renovations to Towne Grill's dining area will have to wait until next spring, owner Gloria Vogt told the News Tribune last week.
Plans to enclose the Jefferson City restaurant's patio at 315 Jefferson Street began in March, but progress stalled as Vogt navigated city permissions for the project, as the existing patio sits about a yard into the city's right of way.
The renovation also will add a designated waiting area to relieve congestion in the dining room that can become cramped during busy times.
"Right now, people are waiting up in front," Vogt said. "It will just be more convenient to let the customers in and out quickly."
The Jefferson City Council consented to permissive use of the right of way at its Oct. 3 meeting. But by that time, the contractor was tied up with another project out of town.
"Instead of trying to rush it, we want to do it really nice as originally planned," Vogt said. "We're going to try to make it look like it's just been there all that time."
The Towne Grill building was named a city Landmark in 2009. The restaurant opened originally in the 1940s, and Vogt took it over in the 1990s.
Whether she lines up a new contractor or works out time with the original contractor, the project likely will have to wait for spring 2017, Vogt said.
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