On The Rocks

 

 

Fri
16
Feb

All is well 'On the Rocks'

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Glynis Crawford Smith/The Highlander

Janey and Bill Rives relax on the patio of On the Rocks in Cottonwood Shores before a fundraiser was held there to take advantage of the view high above Wirtz Dam the Highland Lakes.

 

 

 

 

By Glynis Crawford Smith

The Highlander

Loyal customers of On the Rocks Restaurant & Bar in Cottonwood Shores were in a stir this week over concerns that the business had been shut down.

“Everything is fine and we have not been closed,” said co-owner Matt Orlando, after an online report (not associated with The Highlander) suggested the popular business was closed.

The buzz began when the eatery and music venue, which advertises a “great dam view” for its panorama up and down stream from Wirtz Dam, got visits from two state agencies in one day.

“We have added a pavilion to seat 250 people,” said Orlando. “It will be enclosed for an indoor ballroom."

"It was really in relation to that work and a regular inspection that the Texas Fire Marshals Office looked that On the Rocks was “red flagged,” according to Jimmy Ethridge, one of the managers.

Thu
24
Mar

Cottonwood Shores City Council passes long-awaited noise ordinance

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Lunchtime patrons head into On The Rocks in Cottonwood Shores Thursday. The owner of the restaurant and bar are ready to work with the city's revised noise ordinance.

By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula

The Cottonwood Shores City Council at its meeting on Thursday, March 17, unanimously passed a revised version of noise ordinance 8005, a staple on council agendas since January and an issue within the city for at least two years.
Although the noise ordinance applies to heavy equipment, vehicles and firearms, among many other sources of loud noise, complaints have been directed mainly at On The Rocks restaurant in the Castle Rock section of the city.

Between April and October of last year, two residents called officers 35 times about noise at the restaurant, with 16 of those calls made in one month alone.

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