New plans for St. John Inn
You’d think April and Dave Wolf would have plenty to keep them busy with their soon-to-open bar and restaurant, The Crazy Cracker. Apparently not.
April and Dave are now officially the new owners of the St. John Inn. And they’re already getting down to business there.
“Right now, the renovations are simple. We’re doing a lot of painting and cleaning and adding a lot of landscaping,” says April. “But next year we plan to really transform the place into a nice, boutique hotel.”
Those plans include putting in a bigger pool and expanding the pool deck area, adding plasma TVs and memory foam beds to all of the rooms and, later, expanding the hotel itself with new construction on an adjoining vacant lot that came with the property.
“We’ll also reopen the honor bar right away, and we’ve already reinstated the complimentary continental breakfast,” April says.
(We’re told the St. John Inn was quite the place back in the day. In the 1970’s, it was called the Bamboo Inn, and was a lively local spot with lobster dinners, bands and dancing.)
As for The Crazy Cracker, April and Dave are shooting for a December 11 grand opening.
November 28th, 2008 08:02
Pretty cool. STJ needs a littl place like this. Its kind of like some of the throwback places still kicking around in the BVI’s.
November 28th, 2008 08:45
Wow…very ambitious. I wish them all the luck in the world taking on such large projects.
November 28th, 2008 08:48
Some more history for those of you who are interedted. In the 1960′s, the Inn was owned and operated by Ms. Malvine Sewer under the name of “Accommodation Inn. (My husband Albert stayed there once and has great stories about it). Later on, it bacame “the Inn” operated by June Barlas, and then “the Bamboo Inn” operated by Herman Mitchell, a relative of the Sewers. Albert & I bought it in the mid 1980′s and ran it as “the Cruz Inn”. It was bought by the Hoffmans in the 1990′s and turned into a kind of California-type boutique hotel. I believe it has sold twice since then.
November 28th, 2008 10:14
Good luck with all that! Whew!
November 28th, 2008 10:56
WOW!!!! They are really just diving in good luck to them….
November 28th, 2008 11:04
Where is it located?
November 28th, 2008 11:39
Looks like a great little place loaded with character.
November 28th, 2008 12:40
Thanks for the history Lonnie! There was music there as well as several small shops when June Barlas had it. I worked in Uhuru Boutique and later had Enighed Workshop there in the early 70′s. Brings back good memories. Quite a change.
November 28th, 2008 15:42
Nevermind. Duh. There’s a link to their site, which has directions. My bad.
November 28th, 2008 21:40
My wife and I were just talking about the St. John Inn the other day. We’ll need to bunk someplace for about 3 nights in July ’09 – and now we’re curious to see the improvements! Possibilities… : )
December 1st, 2008 15:53
My wife & I stayed at the St. John Inn in 2005, it was getting pretty run down at that point. It’s great to see it coming back to life, nice easy walk into town..