{"id":3569,"date":"2014-01-06T21:42:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T21:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/food\/mckenna-s-on-the-bay-closes-after-death-of-owner-but-airport-outpost-lives-on\/"},"modified":"2014-01-06T21:42:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T21:42:47","slug":"mckenna-s-on-the-bay-closes-after-death-of-owner-but-airport-outpost-lives-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/mckenna-s-on-the-bay-closes-after-death-of-owner-but-airport-outpost-lives-on","title":{"rendered":"McKenna’s on the Bay Closes After Owner’s Death, But Airport Outpost Lives On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Photo courtesy of McKenna’s on the Bay Facebook<\/em><\/p>\n

Popular waterfront restaurant McKenna’s on the Bay may have officially closed its doors as of last week, but the institution’s year-old airport outpost–dubbed McKenna’s on the Fly–will continue to live on, LGB officials say.<\/p>\n

Bancap, the owners of Alamitos Bay Landing, the complex where McKenna’s on the Bay has served Long Beach and Orange County patrons for the last 10 years, announced January 2 that they were taking possession of the restaurant because the company had lapsed on its lease payments.<\/p>\n

“…It’s ownership group (McKenna’s on the Bay LLC) has experienced financial challenges with the passing of its majority owner, and former managing member of the LLC, Nicholas Limer,” Bancap said in a statement announcing McKenna’s closure. A Bancap representative confirmed that the restaurant would be closed and no longer serving the public as of January 2 and that the company hopes to enter a lease with a similar tenant “in the near future.”<\/p>\n

The closure of McKenna’s on the Bay is not anticipated to have any affect on the eatery’s Long Beach Airport location, which opened with a burger bar and small dining room<\/a> inside of the new state-of-the-art concourse in 2012.<\/p>\n

“The name, ‘McKenna’s,’ is licensed through LGB’s managing concessionaire, Paradies, which assures us that business will continue as usual,” said LGB’s public affairs official Stephanie Montuya-Morisky.<\/p>\n

McKenna’s owner Limer succumbed to pancreatic cancer in November, after a two-year battle. In October, Limer had been found to be at fault in a traffic accident on Second Street that killed one motorcyclist and injured another. He was facing misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charges<\/a> at the time of his death. <\/p>\n

McKenna’s on the Fly is located inside the north terminal at the Long Beach Airport, 4235 Douglas Dr.<\/em><\/p>\n

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