Royal Oak's Oxford Inn Rethinks Name Change, Plan of Operation
Owner Bob Higgins wants to make it clear the restaurant may change its look and menu but not its standards.
After announcing in January he was going back to his country roots, Oxford Inn owner Bob Higgins is rethinking what he wants to do. Higgins' original plan was to add a little southern flair to Royal Oak and change the name of his Main Street eatery to Bobby's Nashville Bar and Grill. "But somehow it got out there that I was going to do a total change," Higgins said. "The way that it came out in the papers was that I was going to have line dancing and a mechanical bull. I think the public thought that it was going a country western place that didn't have any of my Oxford Inn food and that I was just going after all young people." Higgins estimates 50 percent of his customers thought the Oxford Inn was under new ownership. "The country thing…
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Amy Devereaux
3:36 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
I'd agree with you IF and ONLY IF your statement actually contained any accuracy. The Oxford is not and has not been "blaring country in [residents'] ears every night". In fact, the only entertainment they have had is every other Thursday night (which the "blaring music" ends by 9:30pm) and one Saturday night since this change first began to take shape. Perhaps you should become more informed … more ›