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Harry's Seafood Bar and Grille - 174 Photos | harrys seafood bar and grillKid Shelleen's buyer Xavier Teixido and his ally Kelly O'Hanion and Controlling Chef David Banks(Photo: Special to The News Journal/SAQUAN STIMPSON, Special to The News Journal/SAQU)Buy Photo
Xavier Teixido and Dave Banks, the savvy team abaft some of New Castle County's best accepted and iconic restaurants, accept concluded their about 30-year comestible partnership.
Banks larboard his position as controlling chef of Harry's Accommodation Group, which runs Harry's Savoy Barbecue in Brandywine Hundred and the Wilmington eateries Harry's Seafood Barbecue and Kid Shelleen's.
Banks said, as of Tuesday, Harry's Seafood Barbecue at the Wilmington Riverfront and the Harry's Fish Market Barbecue kiosk at the abutting Wilmington Riverfront Market are no best allotment of the accommodation group.
Banks is the sole proprietor of the seafood operations that he and Teixido accept co-owned since 2003.
Chef Dave Banks is demography over sole buying of Harry's Seafood Barbecue on the Wilmington Riverfront. He was allotment of the aggregation abaft Harry's Savoy Grill, the seafood barbecue and Kid Shelleen's. (Photo: The News Journal/SUCHAT PEDERSON)
"It was actual amicable, and we've had a abundant accord of about 30 years," Banks said Friday morning about the split. The men accept formed calm aback the backward 1980s.
"I'm now the sole buyer of the Seafood Grill," Banks said. "I'm not circuitous any best with Savoy Grill, nor am I circuitous with Kid Shelleen's. It was a good, accustomed succession. Everything was absolutely nice and smooth."
Teixido, who is not retiring, said he will abide operating his flagship Harry's Savoy Barbecue on Naamans Road.
Teixido and business accomplice Kelly O'Hanlon additionally run Kid Shelleen's Charcoal House & Saloon tucked abroad in a Trolley Square adjacency at 14th and Scott streets.
Harry's Seafood Barbecue is one of the aboriginal restaurants to accessible on the Wilmington Riverfront. Dave Banks is now the restaurant's owner. (Photo: The News Journal/GINGER WALL)
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Harry's Seafood, Bar, and Grille - Order Online Menu | harrys seafood bar and grillTalk of changes aural the Harry's Accommodation Accumulation began aftermost spring, Teixido said. The ally talked about extending the restaurant's actual 10-year lease on the Wilmington Riverfront acreage that's endemic by the Riverfront Development Corporation. Banks additionally had costs opportunities that came his way.
"I aloof anticipate the timing was good, and things accumbent so well," said Teixido, who added, "I appetite to abridge my activity and put some added money in the bank."
Before aperture Harry's Seafood Barbecue in 2003, Teixido and Banks formed Landsharks LLC for the restaurant activity and active a abiding charter with the Riverfront Development Corporation. Banks said he bought out Teixido shares of the LLC.
Teixido said he has "some apprehension" about abrogation the restaurant.
"I'm actual happy, but it hasn't absolutely hit me yet. I anticipate it's actual good, but the beachcomber hasn't done over me yet."
Teixido joked: "I said, 'Dave, you're activity to do great. And aback you anticipate about it, you got the new car.' "
Banks said some "dynamic changes" will be demography abode at the restaurant in the advancing months. The seafood abstraction will remain. Gift cards will be accustomed until June 2018.
He has not ruled out alteration the restaurant's name, but said, "I don't appetite to accomplish to that appropriate now. It's an iconic restaurant. It's allotment of the Wilmington Riverfront. It's able-bodied established. There's no negativity in any of this."
Teixido said he did not ask Banks to change the name.
"I said, 'Dave, it's your business and you're activity to do what's best for your business.' "
Banks, a alum of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., aboriginal came to assignment for Teixido in about 1987 at the Columbus Inn in Wilmington.
["1393.89"]At that time, Teixido was a accomplice in the 1492 Accommodation Group, a management alignment that additionally operated Klondike Kate's in Newark and Kid Shelleen's in Wilmington.
When Teixido and Sezna opened Harry's Savoy Barbecue in Brandywine Hundred in 1988, Banks was the executive chef.
By 1993, Teixido's nine-year affiliation with Sezna ended. Teixido bought out his above partner's absorption in Harry's Savoy Grill and Sezna kept the group's added holdings.
Teixido said Banks larboard Harry's for about a year, but alternate and became a above force in developing Harry's Accommodation Group, and helped accessible Harry’s Savoy Ballroom, Harry’s Seafood Grill, Harry’s Seafood Market and Kid Shelleen’s Charcoal House & Saloon.
Banks additionally became the face of Harry's and appeared regularly on The Comcast Network’s TV appearance “Chef’s Kitchen,” and participated in comestible events, competitions and alms contest about the country.
In 1999, Teixido was approached by the Riverfront Development Corp.'s again controlling administrator Michael S. Purzycki, now Wilmington's mayor, about creating a restaurant on the Christina River.
Teixido angry Purzycki down.
The breadth again had little added than an arts center, the above Kahunaville complex, the Blue Rocks' Frawley Stadium and a arcade aperture center.
"I aloof couldn't see it," Teixido told The News Journal.
In 2000, the Riverfront Development Corp. created a $1.8 actor architecture affiliated to the southern end of the calm Riverfront Market and the restaurateur was hooked.
Teixido and Banks formed Landsharks LLC for the Harry's Seafood Grill project and active a abiding charter with the agency, which contributed about $800,000 for added architecture improvements. Landsharks spent an added $1.5 actor on architecture renovations.
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Harry's Seafood Bar | harrys seafood bar and grillThe contemporary, 5,200 square-foot space, the third restaurant to accessible on again apprentice Wilmington Riverfront, was accepted out of the aboideau aback it began affable barter in 2003.
Harry's Seafood Grill seats 150 inside, about 100 outside. It also has an ability and raw bar and 24-seat U-shaped bar.
Banks said he will be aback in the kitchen full time. "No added bopping about restaurant-to-restaurant, and that's a acceptable thing that will advice every aspect of the operation."
The restaurant employs about 70 bodies and assistant manager Jordan DeMaio has been answer to the accepted administration position.
"He is absolutely good. He's a abundant guy and he's able-bodied experienced," Banks said.
Banks abandonment from the Harry's Accommodation Accumulation leaves the company's controlling chef position open.
Teixido said he has several adept chefs at his restaurants and afresh assassin pastry chef Michael Vandergeest who formed with acclaimed Philadelphia chef/restaurateur Jean-Marie Lacroix.
He has no affairs appropriate now to replace Banks, but said "we'll attending at opportunities as they present themselves."
"It's a acceptable time to inject new activity into some of the old restaurants," Teixido said.
"I anticipate Dave's a very, actual accomplished chef with a abundant attendance in the community. I ambition him and the aggregation [at Harry's Seafood Grill] annihilation but connected success."
Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 or ptalorico@delawareonline.com and on Twitter @pattytalorico
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