Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Knox Bridges, grandson of The Cresson Wrench owners Ronnie and Bambi Bridges, is screaming with excitement with the announcement that the delayed restaurant is set to officially open in a food truck-type setting on Monday, April 24. The food truck will serve burgers, avocado toast, flatbread pizza, chicken and waffles, shrimp po boys, and catfish baskets.
Ronnie, left, and Bambi Bridges are the owners of The Cresson Wrench, located at 9501 Lancaster St. After almost a three-year delay, the up-and-coming restaurant is set to officially open for business on Monday, April 24 from 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
A local restaurant in Cresson that has been struggling to open for years due to unforeseen snags and hurdles will soon see the light of day — albeit in a slightly different format.
Since August of 2020, Bambi Bridges, the owner of The Cresson Wrench, located at 9501 Lancaster St., has been making every effort possible to try to get her new restaurant open to the public.
But a couple of unexpected — and costly — issues with the building led to a complete change of plans for the restaurant.
Since Bridges won’t be able to operate The Cresson Wrench inside the building for quite a while, she decided to purchase a food truck that will be set up outside the building.
“We can at least be in business and be able to serve people soon — not like we planned on, but at least we’ll be there,” Bridges said, in a previous interview with the Hood County News.
The food truck — operating under the same name as the restaurant — is now completely set up at The Cresson Wrench and will officially be open for business on Monday, April 24.
“We just basically reconfigured our plan,” Bridges said.
The Cresson Wrench food truck will serve burgers, avocado toast, flatbread pizza, chicken and waffles, shrimp po boys, and catfish baskets.
Dessert options will include strawberry shortcake and banana pudding.
Beer and wine will also be available to purchase, with the potential addition of frozen coffee in the future.
Bridges said the front deck of the building will be open and can accommodate seating for up to 75 customers in partially shaded areas. The back deck will open once the restaurant starts seeing more customers.
“I'd just rather take those baby steps and just grow with it,” she said.
The restaurant will have ample parking spaces available and is also pet-friendly.
Karaoke nights will be held every Tuesday from 7-10 p.m., with the addition of an outdoor market once a month beginning in May.
"We'll have our grand opening on May 27, and that is when we'll start our first outdoor show, as long as I can get enough vendors,” Bridges said. “I'm hoping for people to rent spaces from me that have handmade items of all different kinds. I'm really hoping this will take off and that people will love coming to it. I would love to do it once a month on Saturdays from March to October, but we'll see. Cresson could really benefit from the people that this could draw out here, so fingers crossed.”
Bridges said she plans to also have live musicians perform at The Cresson Wrench sometime in the future.
“That’ll be next,” she said.
The Cresson Wrench will be open from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, with a tentative schedule of 11 a.m.-10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
"We are very, very ready, and I think everybody else is too,” Bridges added. “We have so many people stop and talk to us about it, so we're really excited. It's been a long time coming; it’s time.”
To stay up to date with future changes and developments, follow The Cresson Wrench on Facebook. For more information, call 817-566-4785 or email thecressonwrench@gmail.com.
