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Carlos “Cuban” Café on Cheery Road in Rock Hill has closed but the restaurant is moving and reopening in Tega Cay at the Stonecrest Shopping center of Hwy 160. An article in the Herald today states Carlos Café is closing and moving to Tega Cay because the restaurant ran out of space at their location in Rock Hill.

The Restaurants’ Facebook page describes the restaurant as

“Family owned Cuban Restaurant, Carlos Cafe, was created to give the Carolinas’ palette an authentic taste of Cuba! Cuban food is a fusion of flavorful spices of Spanish, African and Caribbean cuisines. The owners of Carlos Cafe are bringing a piece of Cuba’s heritage, flavors and culture with their small eatery in a big way! Inspired by Cuba…Made in the U.S.A.”

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We know 5 home owners in the Baxter Village and Tega Cay Lake Shore subdivision that have had water pipe leaks in their homes recently. Some of the home owners have had significant water damage to their home. If you think you may have CPI brand Dura Pex water pipe tubing installed in your home, please listen.

The information we have been able to gather about the water tube leaks are linked to Consolidated Plumbing Industries (CPI) Dura Pex tubing manufactured between 2001 and 2004. NIBCO purchased CPI in 2006 and performed tests on CPI manufactured Dura Pex tubing because of higher than normal reports of water tube failures in the Charlotte metro area.

NIBCO claims the tubing tests showed low gel content and poor oxidative stability. In addition, they claim the water especially in York County SC and Union County NC is considered to be “aggressive” and coupled with high pressures are accelerating material degradation and causing the failures. I am not sure what aggressive water means but several of the reported leaks are occurring near the hot water heater which see higher pressures because of the expanding hot water.

So what should you do if have the terra cotta flex tubing manufactured between 2001 and 2004 installed in your home? I would first inspect the tubing to see if you can see if the CPI manufacture stamp on the tubing especially near your hot water tank.  If you’re not able to determine the manufecturer you can always call your home builder or plumber and speak to them about the type of plumbing pipes installed in your home.

Price Brothers, Inc. is a local plumbing company that many of the builders used in new construction, especially in the Tega Cay Lake Shore subdivision in the early 2000’s. Price Brothers recommend replacing approx 20 foot of pipe leading to your water heater if your home has the CPI made defective tubing. We have found the CPI tubing installed in our DR Horton built home and are having Price Brothers replace the pipe near our water heater as a preventive measure.

I found the following online forum conversation about CPI manufactured tube failures with other home owners in the area if you want to read more.

The City of Tega Cay announced Charlotte, N.C.-based Senior Living Communities will construct a $30 million premier retirement community, named Wellmore, in the Stonecrest Development located on SC Highway 160 near Wal-Mart. The community is expected to create nearly 130 local jobs in health care and management, with sitework and landscape design contracts awarded to local firms.

The Wellmore size is nearly 130,000 square feet, with residential accommodations and a 25,000-square-foot-clubhouse and wellness center. Senior Living Communities hopes to begin construction as early as July 2012 and open the community in January 2014.  (more…)

Update 11/14/11 – Tenders has closed

Here are some tweets about the closing…

PDQ Restaurant in Gray Stone Crossing Shopping Center in Tega Cay (Hwy 160 between Dam Rd and Stonecrest Blvd) has changed its name to Tenders Fresh Food. PDQ or now Tenders, opened last September 2010 with a fresh food concept and menu consisting of hand-breaded chicken tenders, chicken and turkey sandwiches (prepared grilled or crispy), hand-cut fresh fries, fresh squeezed lemonade, milkshakes and a variety of salads. See last years post What-is-the-pdq-fresh-food-fast-restaurant-in-tega-cay.

On A October 9 2011 press release, Tenders Fresh Food located in Cornelius, NC, is pleased to announce that its current sister location in Tega Cay, SC, will be taking on the same name and corporate culture dedicated to community service. (more…)

The Carolina Show Ski team based in Tega Cay has been entertaining us with ski shows in Tega Cay for many years. The water ski team is now asking for your help and support at the Oct 17  Tega Cay City Council meeting. The team is seeking approval for the construction of a ski ramp and performance platform near Windjammer Park.

Please read CSST President Russ Frase letter below asking for your suopport and attendance on Oct 17th.  (more…)

The Tega Cay City Council has approved Dennis Pieper as Tega Cay’s new City Manager. Mr Pieper was one of three possible candidates being considered by the city council. He was a town administrator for Summerville SC. He has 18 years of management experience in county and municipal government.

Tega Cay’s Mayor Sheppard sent out the following letter about the appoitment of Dennis Piper;

After a 3 month City Manager search, I would like you to join me in welcoming our new City Manager Dennis Pieper! On Friday Night, August 26, Council approved Dennis as our new City Manger. He will be joining us on Monday, September 12th. (more…)

The restaurant and bar facility at the Tega Cay Golf and Conference Center has reopened. The restaurant is called Casual Water at Tega Cay and the bar and grill is called the Drop and the Drink Bar and Grille. The Mike Frost Group was awarded a 5 year contract by the city of Tega Cay to reopen the facility in May 2011.

Carmen, Camden and I decided to give the reopened restaurant a try last Friday night. We walked into the main restaurant Casual Water’s and found it about 50% full on Friday about 7:30 pm. There was a new buzz of activity with several waiters on staff. We elected to sit on the patio outside the restaurant between the Bar and Grille and the restaurant since the main restaurant’s room temperature was too cold. (more…)

Shortly before 10pm last night, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for north central York County SC according to the details in a Rock Hill Herald article this morning. We heard the warning sirens go off in the Fort Mill – Tega Cay Area. Fortunately for the Fort Mill area, the storm weakened by the time it approached our area. Folks were not so lucky in the Clover area. So what should you do when you hear the sirens?

York County Office of Emergency Management states on their website to tune into local radio stations for York County which are AM Station WRHI – 1340 and FM Stations WRHM – 107.9 and WRHI – 94.3.  During the regularly scheduled tests, the sirens are activated for one 3-minute cycle. During a real emergency, the sirens will (more…)