LAKE PLACID — After more than 30 years, The Cascade Inn should switch arms at the end of the summer season.
Joe Warren is letting Bill Walton use the motor hotel and eating place at 5023 Cascade Road on a rent-to-own basis.
“Joe Warren has been a friend of mine for years,” Walton said in a smartphone interview. “We’ve always joked about me shopping for it someday, and we decided to pass for it finally.”
Warren stated he’s been saying that shaggy dog story to visitors for years, but Walton is genuinely determined to take him up on it. He reported that after a long time, he’d want to see “younger blood” take over the commercial enterprise.
“Billy is pretty much the age I was when I first bought it,” he stated.
Walton owns and operates the Experience Outdoors high ropes and zip line path up the street from the lodge.
“The goal is to synergize the two businesses and probably create accommodations and live-and-play applications.”
Walton said he wants to rename the hotel Scott’s Cobble Lodge after the plot of land where Experience Outdoors is located, which became considered one of Lake Placid’s first ski mountains in 1938.
“It brings a number of the records into play,” he stated.
Walton said he desires to do some matters in a different was,y, such as changing the call of the enterprise and boosting its advertising and marketing presence to grow occupancy, but he doesn’t want to clutter with what brings in long-term clients.
“We’re going to perform a little painting and trade a few things with the bar,” he stated. “The food menu is going to stay the same, particularly for the locals. Joe has a truly precise local following so that the menu will live steak and seafood.”
Warren sold the property in 1988. He and his spouse, Colleen, additionally run the restaurant at Craig Wood Golf Course.
“My spouse and I got here from Long Island, and while we offered the resort, a lot of the neighborhood crowd stopped coming due to the fact we weren’t from around here,” he said. “It took us some time to build up that local consumers once more; however, as soon as we did, they’ve been like family to us.
“We’ve got plenty of superb memories there,” he continued. “I could write a book, and I probably ought to. I recognize all the area people who’ve supported us over the 30 years, and I wish they keep that with Billy.”
Warren and his family are at the property, so he’ll still be around and help out in a few potential ways, he said. “I’ll make paintings as lots as Billy needs me,” he said. “If he desires a cooked dinner to fill in one night, I’ll still be there to assist out.”
