Skippers restaurant reportedly reopened for business June 7, three days after it closed when a driver lost control of his Cadillac and plowed into the southeast corner of the eatery near the Edmonds ferry dock.
On Tuesday a contractor working for Skippers placed temporary plywood sheathing on the exterior walls and closed off the damaged interior, leaving a limited-entry area in which repairs are being made, according to city building official Jeannine Graf.
For safety reasons, the public is not permitted to enter the limited-entry area but can use undamaged areas of the seafood restaurant.
She said the restaurant will remain open during the repair process.
The city will continue to work with Skippers’ contractor to issue a repair permit after their engineer evaluates the structural damage, reported Graf.
She said the engineer’s evaluation was expected on Wednesday, after the Enterprise’s deadline.
Just after 3 p.m. Saturday, June 4, an 88-year-old man, reportedly driving west on Main Street, careened across oncoming lanes of traffic and a traffic island before plowing through landscaping and crashing into the restaurant.
Two persons inside Skippers were hit by flying debris; the driver was treated at Stevens Hospital for an injury to his forehead.
Sgt. Jeff Jones of the Edmonds police department expressed relief the accident occurred before and after the lunch and dinner hours.
The accident could have been far worse, he added, if crowds walking to and from the Edmonds Waterfront Festival several blocks south of Skippers would have been on surrounding sidewalks.
Jones said speeding and alcohol may have played a part in the accident.
Skippers was closed immediately after the collision and a city engineer was called to the scene to assess the structural integrity of the building before and after the auto was removed from it.
Police estimated damage to the building at $25,000 and to the contents at $3,000.
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