Bartlett's owner looks for a buyer

Source: Jackson Citizen Patriot
JACKSON - There will be no banquets or cold beers served up at Bartlett's Resort this summer _ for the first time since fire closed the history-rich restaurant and bar at Pleasant Lake there are no plans to open for the season.

Bartlett's owner Anthony Glinsky said he is negotiating to sell the property with a number of potential buyers, all of whom have different ideas for the property, including a couple who would like to re-open the restaurant resort.

"I won't (re-open) but there's a possibility another party will," Glinsky said.

Glinsky said he shut down Bartlett's in January for the winter season, which is not unusual for a facility linked to warm weather lake activities. Later in the winter he made the decision not to reopen, he said.

An additional piece of property across the street from the restaurant, at 2740 Bartlett Road, is also on the block.

Rumors about the future of the lakefront restaurant have circulated for months, including the possibility that a condominium project might be developed there.

"I have absolutely no comment about that," Glinsky said.

Meanwhile, an ongoing civil dispute between Glinsky and two neighbors with adjacent parcels is set to go to trial Monday in Circuit Court Judge Edward Grant's courtroom. Plaintiffs David McEvers, a Leslie attorney, and Pleasant Lake resident David Mossolle contend they have an easement for the drainfield. They also want the court to grant them access to property across Glinsky's land, with access to Pleasant Lake and clear sight from their lots to the lake.

They claim Glinsky has hindered their access with a chain-link fence and wooden telephone poles placed along his parking lot and disrupted their vision with recently planted trees and other obstacles.

Bartlett's Resort was a popular gathering spot for young people in 1940s who gathered to dance to the music of such giants as Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and Les Brown. The original dance pavilion burned to the ground in 1930 and resort founder Hugh Bartlett had it replaced.

The new two-story resort served as an entertainment hotspot until it too was destroyed by fire in September 1970.

The current restaurant was built in 1971. Bartlett's Resort has been in the Glinsky family for 25 years, the last 16 under Glinsky's ownership.

"I've been in it for 25 years," Glinsky said. "I've had a good run. I'm gong to miss it."
Source: Jackson Citizen Patriot