Strickland's Seafood Restaurant announced that they will move to the old Pines building at 900 North 32nd Street. West Kentucky Star spoke with owner, Shawn Strickland, about the upgrade.
Strickland said, "The only reason we're moving to the new location simply is that we have no room to grow here. I would have friends call me all the time saying they intended to come by, but there was no place to park. We won't have that problem at the new location."
Strickland said they're looking forward to a larger kitchen as well.
"There's only one way I could have designed it, and we're all on top of each other. We can't get any bigger." Strickland continued, "We used to have our catering facility behind Whaler's Catch, and when the new people bought it, we lost our catering facility. But now, we have two banquet rooms at the new place."
The new location will be 8000 square feet, compared to 2100 square feet at their old location. With the growth, Strickland says they expect to hire at least 15 new employees.
Moving forward, Strickland hopes the community will continue to support the restaurant, telling West Kentucky Star the new location has them feeling blessed.
Strickland said if all goes according to plan, they hope to open the new location in early March.
