According to Cayman Net News, the Margaritaville Cafe on Grand Cayman that opened in 2006 recently had its liquor license put on probation because of complaints from a neighboring church.

Elmslie Memorial United Church objected to the renewal of Margaritaville’s licenses claiming the establishment is “a bad influence” and that the owners, Dart Realty, should apply the same principles here that they apply to the upscale Camana Bay development.

Renard Moxam, Managing Director of Island Companies, and part-owner of Margaritaville, responded that there were no objections to the initial application by Margaritaville, and that to be asked to modify the license was problematic. Margaritaville has been in operation for over a year, and apart from a couple of incidents that were acted upon, the establishment felt there are no grounds for objections.

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The Margaritaville Cafe under construction in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, will open within 2-3 months, according to the Glendale Star:

Westgate City Center is planning big things, and some big things have already happened at the sports/retail/entertainment venue in Glendale.

Planning to open in the next two or three months are McFarlane’s, a collectibles store, Shane’s Rib Shack, and Margaritaville.

Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville franchise will open new restaurants in Honolulu and at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The Boston Globe reports that the Mohegan Sun Casino will open a Margaritaville restaurant, replete with tiki huts and a “cheeseburger in paradise” menu entree, as part of their $740-million expansion plan.
To ensure that patrons don’t suffer from tequila deficiencies, plans call for the restaurant to feature an eight-foot tall blender that fills with margaritas every hour, according to a publicist for the project.
More info on the M’Ville is available at TheDay.com.
Also, look for a Margaritaville restaurant to be built in Honolulu, Hawaii with completion in ’08 or ’09!

Margaritaville Cozumel opens Saturday morning, March 31st. It’s the 13th Margaritaville, has 500 seats, and sits directly on the Caribbean Sea. It has a tiki bar on the water’s edge and a second floor view. At night you can see the lights of Playa del Carmen. During the day, the cruise ships sit a few hundred yards away and dwarfs everything in view.

Also, an Air Margaritaville will open in the new terminal at the Cancun Airport. It sits in the center of the gate area and is the center piece of the new airport mall. Expected opening is mid-May.

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Jimmy Buffett recently issued a letter declaring that his Margaritaville Cafes will not purchase or serve Canadian seafood products until the Canadian government ends the commercial seal hunt permanently.

I do not look at this as one nation telling another how to best manage its affairs. I view it as an effort to make humans more humane in the way they manage the planet. We do not own the earth. We are landlords and we simply need to do a better job, for all creatures on this earth.

Read the entire letter now at The Human Society of the United States.