Hamburger and milkshake lovers, don’t worry.
Vally Medlyn’s fountain and Coffee shop on Hartz Ave has been temporarily closed for the last two weeks but will reopen again under new ownership shortly, land broker Pat Daily said this week.
The restaurant has served home cooking to patrons under the ownership of Debra Tamiscea for the last five years and has been a coffee shop in downtown Danville since 1935.
“Everybody wants to know what’s going on with it because it’s a big historical landmark,” said Tom Tamiscea, who spoke for his wife Debra this week.
Debra Tamiscea, who has been in an on-going battle with cancer, made the decision to sell the restaurant and retire because running it became a stress on her health, he said. She struggled with sickness throughout the period she owned the restaurant and even went to work while going through chemotherapy.
“Now she’s gonna retire and let me work,” Tamiscea said.
Just a week after putting the location on the market, it sold to a new owner who has extensive experience in the restaurant business.
“It sold in no time,” Daily said.
Though sources didn’t want to reveal the name of the new owner until the deal had been officially closed, they did say he played a key role at Prings, an old hotspot in Hayward. A “walk through,” which will be the final stage of the sale, is scheduled for Wednesday and then a reopening will occur shortly after, Tamiscea said.
As of now, the new owner has implied that very few changes will be made to the restaurant and has stated the name Vally Medlyn’s will be kept, Daily said. Local patrons, some of whom have been coming for over 50 years, may be pleased to know the restaurant will likely keep its same general menu and ambiance.
“It was a great spot and I’m sure the owner will make it even better,” Tom Tamiscea said.
