"Besides from him breaking your hand when you shook hands with him, you would never know he was a football star."
Lee Roy Selmon’s, the restaurant that paid homage to the community icon who rose to fame as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer and grew to become a popular civic leader, will shutter the doors of its original location on Tampa’s Boy Scout Boulevard in June.
Employees learned of the closing on Wednesday morning. Owner MVP Holdings has converted a number of Selmon’s locations into Glory Days restaurants, but it won’t do so with the Boy Scout spot. The property is owned by Bloomin’ Brands, the Tampa-based company that owns Outback Steakhouse and Bonefish Grill among others restaurants. Bloomin’ will build a new Outback Steakhouse at the location.
Read more at the Tampa Bay Times.