Banners for Cedars Tapas Bar — the new restaurant on its way to 403 W. Gray — are now covering up both the plywood board on the building’s forehead and the sign left over from Ship & Shield’s tenancy in the space. The Viking-themed restaurant abandoned the building last December, and property owner Braun Realty is now waiting on the new Lebanese bakery to move in.

Braun bought the the 2,055-sq.-ft. restaurant building in 2016, the same year Ship & Shield took it over from Byzantio’s. Since then, the developer has put up a new retail building on the once-vacant lot just east of restaurant, near Taft St. Its west side is visible beyond Cedars’ sign in the photo above.

• Popular Lebanese bakery shakes up prime Montrose location with Mediterranean tapas [CultureMap]
• Previously on Swamplot: New Montrose Restaurant Moving in Next to Coming Veterinarian, Bygone Viking Bar on W. Gray; The Viking Restaurant That Took Over Byzantio’s Is Getting Some Strip Mall Neighbors

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