The newly renovated Seacliffe Inn in Leamington is ready to invite guests again.
After three years and a total makeover, the storied hotel is opening its doors to the public in a grand opening event on Saturday.
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The hotel's history dates back more than 40 years, although the early years of the building are shrouded in mystery.
An article in Windsor Life Magazine by Hal Sullivan, posted on the Inn's website, suggests the first hotel may have opened over a century ago. The Dew Drop Inn was later renamed the Bay View Hotel and then Seacliffe Hotel in early 1999.
It was a popular restaurant in the 1960s and 70s and featured nightclub entertainment after the Towle Group bought it in 1986.
Sullivan writes it changed hands at one point when it was won in a poker game, while another legend suggests it was traded for a horse and a buggy. The article states both may be only stories.
It closed three years ago to undergo its latest transformation. All 23 guest rooms in the boutique hotel have been reimagined.
Saturday's event starts at 2 p.m.