Delaware restaurant group snags iconic Wilmington spot | Exclusive
Don't worry, the signature snapper soup recipe isn't changing. The largest Delaware-based restaurant group is taking over management of a Wilmington-area landmark, Feby's Fishery Restaurant & Seafood Market , which its original founders have run as a family for 52 years. Sussex County-based SoDel Concepts' Highwater Management will officially take the reins on Nov. 16, after months of working with the owners and staff to prepare for the transition. Highwater will operate both the Feby's restaurant and attached seafood market under a 10-year lease. The family will continue to own the restaurant, market and the property. Feby's dates back to 1974, when owner Philip DiFebo and his wife MarySue, first opened the business. It moved from Elsmere to its current location at 3701 Lancaster Pike in 1984 ― a building entirely built by Philip and his brothers. While they will retire and promise to return as customers, Feby's staff, some of whom have been there for decades, will all remain. With Feby's, Highwater establishes northern division The move marks SoDel's further expansion into the New Castle County market as the first restaurant under the newly established northern division of Highwater Management . SoDel Concepts founders Scott Kammerer and the late
