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“This is probably the one location at the lake where [the issue of traffic] would not be as relevant,” Worrall says.

Many questions remain, particularly how the restaurant would operate. Winters says an ideal scenario is as a nonprofit similar to the Klyde Warren Park restaurant, Savor, which is run by the Woodall Rogers Park Foundation, sending revenue back into the park. He says no such foundation around the lake has approached the city on the idea yet. The other scenario is one in which the city issues a public request for proposals from private developers.

As for other similar ideas and proposals for commercial development around the lake, Winters says that each is handled individually and that this restaurant “wouldn’t open the flood gates.”

Burgin and Kopf’s vision for the restaurant — as limited as it is right now — includes preserving and even planting new native prairie grasses around the site that may help obscure a parking lot made of decomposed granite; a nearby nature trail; and outdoor restrooms for lake users.

“The people we thought we’d get a lot of push-back from seem supportive of the idea,” says Burgin, who has lived in the M Streets for about 30 years.

Neighbors at least are open-minded. Even the most active critics of development at White Rock Lake applaud the transparency. It’s only fair to give Burgin and Kopf a chance to make their case.

“We will reserve judgment while they talk with community groups,” says Ted Barker, a well-known defender of the lake. “The community will help shape it.”

An online poll of 482 Advocate readers shows that nearly 50 percent are against the idea, 36.5 percent support it, and 12.5 percent were unsure until more details of the plan are released.

“We see this as a process for public input before we even start putting lines on the paper,” Burgin says. “In order for a restaurant to be successful at the lake, it has to have the community support. Otherwise, it isn’t worth doing.”