Vacant Park Street Space Will Not be Filled by Caribbean Kitchen

An entrepreneur's dream to open a Caribbean food restaurant has been put on the back burner.

Lisa Palmer of Attleboro will no longer rehab the inside of the vacant space at 15 Park St. into

Patch has learned and city officials have confirmed that Palmer has decided against opening the Park Street eatery.

Palmer had the desire, design and financial backing to pursue her dream of opening a small restaurant and serve Caribbean food, but "personal reasons" have prevented her from pursing her dream, according to Attleboro officials. 

Attleboro Building Inspector Doug Semple confirmed that a permit was granted in July for The Caribbean Kitchen and that Palmer was no longer pursuing the restaurant. 

Palmer was to receive $76,000 in Community Development Block Grants, money which is appropriated by the federal government for use in qualifying communities. 

The only two rules Palmer had to follow was to pay back the loan portion of the funding in five years and to hire two, full-time Attleboro employees.

Palmer could not be reached for comment. 

Few Setbacks

There were a in renovating the space. One was a permitting delay. The contracor, Cobalt Construction, submitted a permit application in February, but there were issues regarding proposed occupant loads. Additionally, the needed to first approve work that was planned to be done on the sprinkler system.

Once the issues were corrected an application was resubmitted and the contractors received an approved application in July. 

No work has been started and officials continue to look for someone to occupy the space.