New Businesses on Dixie Hwy. - Former "Blue Marlin" Building

In your drives up and down North Dixie Hwy, have you noticed the changes and increased level of activity around the former "Blue Marlin" at about 11th Avenue North, on the west side of the road?

For those of you who may have forgotten, the "Blue Marlin" was a Lake Worth bar famous for its after hours business due to its 5 a.m. license. Now Sneakers has cornered that market a little farther south, but about 10 or more years ago the title belonged to the "Blue Marlin". If any of you have pictures of the building or of its interior back in the day, forward them to me and I will post them here.

After the bar ceased to exist, the building languished. Actually, the building continued to languish - the bar was the working definition of a "dive". Once used as a kitchen supply retailer, the building stayed mostly vacant much of the time. However, now the building has two new tenants. One is a bathroom supply showroom which occupies the south end of the building. I popped my head in there and it looked like they had some nice products if you are looking at redoing your bathroom.

The other, on the north side of the building, is called the "Shred Shed". It's a place for skateboards, supplies, clothing and shoes. Check out the pictures. I chatted with the owner and one of the guys that works (and lives - upstairs) there. They came from the shopping plaza at the northwest corner of Congress and Forest Hill. They had an o.k. amount of business there but the landlord starting jacking them around so they looked for a new place and landed in Lake Worth. They're very optimistic about the prospects for success here and are looking for ways to promote skate parks locally. I'm going to lend my hand to see if there are some creative locations we can capitalize on.

Drop in and say "hi". By the way, they have a whole section of shoes on sale for $25. I was lucky enough to find a cool pair in my circus animal size (13) so they may have some that would fit your needs for just bopping around.


They are also giving away a retail showcase that they do not have a need for after the move. It's probably about 6 to 8 feet long, lighted with sliding glass doors.

It's nice to see this building put to use again and by retailer - all on Dixie Hwy!