There is still some work to do, including cleanup, but demolition of a longstanding restaurant site in northwest Emporia is largely done.
Crews have been working for several weeks to bring the former Cracker Barrel and Montana Mike’s restaurant building at 3010 Eaglecrest Drive to ground. The structure currently has a few steel beams still standing, but the rest of the building has been demolished.
In November, Fairview Hotels announced plans to build an 80-room hotel with enough convention center space for at least 200 attendees. If the plan goes to completion, it would be placed near several hotels already established along West 18th and Eaglecrest Drive.
The restaurant building had been vacant since 2017.
