Construction On New Vernon Cumberland Farms Under Way

VERNON, CT - The old Bennigan's restaurant on Route 30 is gone and in its place Thursday stood a large mount of dirt.

The project to build a new Cumberland Farms store was officially under way.

It will be the second Cumby's in town. There is a massive, modern store a short distance away in the town's other commercial district along Route 83.

After Bennigan's closed amid a slew of customer complains regarding poor service, a buyer picked up the property in August 2011. The transaction closed for $730,000, according to records in the town clerk's office. See the original Patch story on the deal here.

Plans intially called for the building to be converted into office space.

That plan was abandoned 11 months later, when the property was marketed for a commercial lease. See the patch story on that move here.

It remained on the market until Cumby's stepped in. The site plan fore the new store was approved in Otrober 2015.

Photo Credit: The current site now and the old Bennigan's by Chris Dehnel