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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
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Changes coming for Montchanin Inn, Krazy Kat's restaurant | Exclusive
The new owners of a landmark inn and spa in Montchanin said they plan to upgrade the historic Chateau Country property to five-star hotel status and rebrand its Krazy Kat's restaurant. Allison Carpenter Vucich and her husband, Derek Vucich, who recently purchased the more than 4-acre property off Route 100 and Kirk and Rockland roads, said they already have begun improvements at the luxury site and are restoring its luster. They also changed the name from the Inn at Montchanin Village to Montchanin Village . While they plan to respect the property's history, charm and character, Derek Vucich said the rooms and the on-site restaurant need to be refreshed. "It's time for a facelift," he said. Montchanin Village has 28 rooms in 12 buildings dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. The property, with cottages and homes connected by gardens, brick pathways and courtyards, once was owned by Allison's great-grandmother Margaretta Lammot du Pont Carpenter, whose portrait still hangs in the site's reception area known as the Dilwyne Gathering Room. The village's tenants once included workers at the nearby DuPont Co. powder mills (now Hagley Museum) and staff at Winterthur estate, now also a museum. Allison, who grew up