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Auction September 24,th , sad 😢 🙏

What does that mean?

What is being auctioned?

Lesley - what is up for auction. Restaurant, Rhum place or the property in Beacon Hill?

Typical posted statement with no meaning from him.

Nope, not much clarity and no substantiation at this point. It may or may not be factual, but more than a random statement would be appreciated.

Hi Kim , the whole building is listed for Auction 6.5 million $

The restaurant, you mean? Why? What happened?

Wow, hope not true.
First dinner we ever had on Dutch side years ago. The new place is a modern building and a nice place for some city in the US, but not very tropical. We have been for Gelato, never for a meal in the new place. We always found a parking spot with staff help but it’s not super easy. The old roadside place was very visible and easy. Like all places had some issues, but I think the new place made it invisible to newbies and certainly didnt attract us for a meal.

I would go to a Topper’s restaurant somewhere else.

Will pm you Carol

Check your pm

Why don't you just explain it here for all to see since you started this with no information or explanation. Pretty darn simple.

There is no mention of Toppers restaurant/business is in financial trouble on any of the social media platforms. So why post something without concrete evidence???

David--just because it has not been posted elsewhere doesn't really mean anything. I would doubt this is something that Lesley would make up.

Lesley--thanks for the PM.

To all here, the restaurant is apparently being auctioned off due to financial issues.

Thanks for that info. Don't understand why it he couldn't have stated that before.

Found this on an internet search.
"While a public auction of Topper's Restaurant in St. Maarten does not appear to be happening, other commercial businesses and real estate are available for sale on the island. Topper's Restaurant and the associated Topper's Rhum Distillery continue to operate as normal. "
What is your source Lesley?

I already have Thanksgiving Reservations at Toppers in November and I fully expect to dine there. 100%.

Just saying I did some digging.

We ate there twice the week. As I said earlier in a post, we had the best clam chowder ever and we have had a lot in our lives. The shrimp on my caesar salad were the largest shrimp I have had on the island. The salad was a meal in itself. My wife had the Asian salad with grilled chicken and she said it was awesome. Toppers is now located in the circular back of the gelato building, where the old merry-go-round was. Not tropical?? Go there around 7PM, the circular view of the bay and hills, the breeze, the music and the friendliness of everyone were top notch. We were there on Sunday and Monday. We ate at the Jazz steakhouse in Maho last night and would take Toppers 3-1 over it. Pineapple Petes was great and so was Skip Jacks, as we expected both to be. Several others were delicious. Time to head home!

Reminds us of going to a Marble bank building

Lesley where are you?

Busy working even though it’s the current Low Season and Carol already posted on this subject which be closed . Punto finale on this subject . Just go to Sxm or Bust and you will see the details posted.

I did and it doesn't say sh*t about it other than a nondescript picture of a Mingo notice with no comments or explanation. You started this post without any substantiating facts and probably caused this business harm by doing this. Not cool.

I prefer marble over dirt.

Scuba,
Your search was from AI. I Know because I got the same exact response when I did a search. AI may or may not be just as reliable as "I did and it doesn't say sh*t about it other than a nondescript picture of a Mingo notice with no comments or explanation. You started this post without any substantiating facts and probably caused this business harm by doing this. Not cool."