Rumors of a new restaurant coming to the square in Kosciusko are being confirmed today by Jack Adams, who plans to open Skylight Grill on the Square at 110-112 North Jackson St. — the old Frenchie’s location — this fall.
The new venue will be open for lunch daily, dinner Thursday through Saturday and Sunday brunch. The place will also boast private dining booths and rooms, as well as a full service bar and lounge at the back of the facility.
Adams said lunches will include soups, sandwiches and small pasta portions costing between $6 and $12. Dinners will include most of those same items, but will also include more substantial fare ranging from $14 to the upper-$20 range.
“There will be lots of seafood and steaks, as well as pork and chicken dishes,” he said. “There will be a lot of variety to choose from.”
The chef/owner, who has been in the restaurant business for more than 20 years, said he started looking for a small Kosciusko location so that he, his wife and children could move closer to the couple’s parents, who live in town.
“I intended to move to Kosciusko to open a small restaurant, and I was looking for smaller spaces that would be turnkey, but in the process of that, some people got in touch with me and it turned into a larger operation,” said Adams.
Those people were a group of 20+ locally-connected investors who formed For Kosciusko, LLC, to renovate the vacant properties in hope of luring a new restaurant to the square.
“I’ve been fortunate to be part of this type of process before and it usually takes a long time, but there are so many people mobilized on this, we think we can do it in a couple of months,” said Adams.
So far, the walls separating the two units have been removed and interior construction is beginning this week, according to the chef. When facing the front of the building, the primary dining room will be on the left side of the building, with spill-over dining area, private booths and rooms toward the right.
“It’s going to be very nice,” said Adams.
The new operation is being welcomed by development and municipal leaders.
“New business downtown is always a major plus,” said Kel McDowell, CEO of the Kosciusko Attala Partnership. “And when a new business has the potential to be a significant draw for residents, guests, and travelers alike, that can have a great impact overall.”
