Six weeks after yet another abrupt closure of the St. George's Golf Club's bar and restaurant at the end of November, a new operator has been found and is set to resume service in March.

Alfred and Leslie Konrad already operate Temptations, the St. George's coffee shop on York Street. Mr. Konrad is the former head chef of the Margaret Rose Restaurant at the timeshare operation, St. George's Club.

Mrs. Konrad said yesterday, "We are hoping to be open in early March, but we are still not sure. The Government has been considering refurnishing the room and we are replacing some of the equipment.

"We intend to operate the restaurant to about seven in the evening to satisfy the golfers. We may open one or two evenings, but a lot of that has to still be decided.

"Right now we are about to hire about five people.'' Chairperson of the St. George's Golf Club trustees, Ms Jeanne Atherden, would not comment on reports that the former operator, Alfred Eve, had difficulty fulfilling his concession obligations.

But she did confirm that the restaurant and bar concession at the public golf course unexpectedly had to be put out to tender, and a successful candidate has just been selected.

Wholesale distributor, Butterfield & Vallis, was awarded a judgement in October for $10,854.38 against Mr. Eve (doing business as Sandtrap Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge). The action had been filed last May.

The new business opening at the golf club this spring will operate under the name Mulligan's.

The Sandtrap opened under Mr. Eve in the summer of 1996, after some three months of closure. Prior to that it was operated for some seven years by concessionaire, Jonathan Scott.

The golf club hosts some 30,000 rounds of golf a year.

The concessions at Government's three public courses are geared to net $160,000 in annual revenue. The Port Royal course's facilities were the last to be put out to tender at the beginning of 1995.

That decision was taken after Government officials were unable to make money for a number of years by running it themselves.

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