BANGOR – Representatives of the Miller’s Restaurant family put to rest Wednesday months of speculation about their intentions regarding their former restaurant property on Main Street, which is currently the temporary home of Hollywood Slots at Bangor.

The gaming operation will vacate that location at the end of June when it moves into its new $131 million gaming and hotel complex a few blocks up Main Street, across from Bass Park.

Under the terms of their purchase and sale agreement with Penn National Gaming Inc., the Miller family has first dibs on the property once Hollywood Slots moves out. It appears that the family is gearing up to exercise that option.

During a meeting on Wednesday night with members of the City Council’s business and economic development committee, Sanford “Sonny” Miller, his son, John Miller, and their lawyer, Andrew Landry of the Augusta firm Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios briefly discussed their plans to redevelop the site as a multi-use facility that might one day house the city’s next post office, a bank or similar financial institution, and, possibly, a small restaurant.

Asked if the Miller family might run that restaurant, John Miller smiled and said it was “still too early” to determine that.

The site of the former Miller’s Restaurant, perhaps best-known for its all-you-can-eat buffet, is one of two locations that the U.S. Postal Service is eyeing as the site of a new Bangor post office.

The other potential post office site is located across the street, near the intersection of Main and Summer streets. It now houses a used car lot owned by members of the Quirk car dealership family.

On Thursday, one of the owners, Bob Quirk, said redevelopment plans for that property are still being firmed up.

He said, however, that more detailed plans will be available in time for a public workshop the city will hold at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at City Hall. The purpose of that meeting is to gather community input regarding the postal service’s plans for a new post office that would replace the existing facility on Harlow Street.

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