Farewell to a landmark
SUN PHOTO BY KIM COOL
Donna, left, and Bill Edwards, with their son Jason of Colorado Springs have always come straight from the airport to Marker 4 when arriving in Florida.
SUN PHOTO BY KIM COOL
Nearly 500 paddles inscribed with customer names, special dates or business names cover the ceiliing of the porch at Marker 4. Paddle owners may claim them until 7 p.m. Monday, restaurant owners say.
SUN PHOTO BY KIM COOL
Rows of canoe paddles are reminders of customers who have come and gone from Marker 4 Oyster Bar Restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf. It will close Monday at 7 p.m.
SUN PHOTO BY KIM COOL
Donna, left, and Bill Edwards, with their son Jason of Colorado Springs have always come straight from the airport to Marker 4 when arriving in Florida.
SUN PHOTO BY KIM COOL
Nearly 500 paddles inscribed with customer names, special dates or business names cover the ceiliing of the porch at Marker 4. Paddle owners may claim them until 7 p.m. Monday, restaurant owners said.
SUN PHOTO BY KIM COOL
Rows of canoe paddles are reminders of customers who have come and gone from Marker 4 Oyster Bar Restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf. It will close Monday at 7 p.m.
SUN PHOTO BY KIM COOL
The widow's walk and lighthouse cupola atop the roof of this building served as the landmark for people looking for the Marker 4 Oyster Bar - Restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf.
SUN PHOTO BY KIM COOL
Becky Zgrabik, left, and Richard Mote, manager of the Marker 4 Oyster Bar - Restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf, point to some of the more than 480 paddles covering the porch ceiling at the restaurant. Marker 4 will close Monday at 7 p.m. Customers have until that time to pick up their paddles.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARKER 4
Tina and Brad Daniels hopped a plane from Fort Wayne, Ind. to Tampa at dawn on Frida. They rented a car to have lunch at Marker 4 Friday and planned to return Saturday before flying back to Fort Wayne.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARKER 4
Tina and Brad Daniels hopped a plane from Fort Wayne, Ind., to Tampa at dawn on Friday. They rented a car to have lunch at Marker 4 Friday and planned to return Saturday before flying back to Fort Wayne.
A letter from the owner greeted Bill and Donna Edwards and son Jason when they sat down for lunch Thursday at the Marker 4 Oyster Bar & Restaurant at Fisherman’s Wharf. They had just flown in from Colorado Springs, Colo.
“Every time we come to visit my mother in Nokomis, we come here first,” Edwards said. “We are always here on the first day and the last day (of our vacation).”
