A new business interested in closed Long John Silver’s restaurant site in Fairview Heights

Plans are in the works for the former Long John Silver’s site in Fairview Heights.

Rhodes Development submitted a permit application to the city for a special use permit to build a tire shop at 218 Lincoln Highway. The business would offer tire sales, light mechanical services and vehicle maintenance services.

The application includes site plans for a Plaza Tire Service facility and entails the construction of a 6,560-square-foot building with around 28 parking spaces.

Proposed hours of operation would be 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

If approved by the city, construction would begin within one year of that approval, according to the site development analysis in the Aug. 13 Planning Commission meeting packet.

The former Long John Silver’s building will be demolished, stated Land Use and Development Director Dallas Alley in a recent phone call.

The property at 218 Lincoln Highway was acquired in a May 15 auction by Rhodes Development Company, LLC, which is based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

The auction listing on the RI Marketplace website states that the transaction closed June 13.

Long John Silver’s opened in Fairview Heights in September 1976, according to advertising found in the BND’s archive. The restaurant closed in 2022.

About Plaza Tire Service

Plaza Tire Service was established in 1963 and has more than 70 locations in southern Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Indiana and Iowa.

The nearest locations are in Glen Carbon’s Orchard Town Center and Arnold, Kirkwood and Ballwin in Missouri.

For more information about Plaza Tire, visit plazatireservice.com .