Chapter 33: Merman’s Bar & Grille
Downtown Hurricane Bay
Merman’s Bar & Grille
11:49 A.M.
I sat at a two-person table in Merman’s Bar & Grille. The eatery had the most interesting history. When it first opened in 1993, I remembered it being called M’s. The place catered to an uppity straight group of drinking yuppies who snorted cocaine, and attempted to obey the laws of dating the opposite s*x. M’s went into the red, losing money, night after night, until Tony Monchello purchased the place in 1995 with his business partner and lover, Leo Danza.
They hired Felice Trepindore of Naples to redesign the bar. Floor-to-ceiling aquariums were installed, underwater male dancers in Speedos were added to the water, disco balls were constructed into bar seats, and the bar looked like a giant tai
