The Caddy Shack comes to downtown

"We want to bring life back to the town."

Ashley Parkinson, The Record-Times | Last updated Jan 12, 2023 4:4pm0

Ashley Parkinson | The Record-Times count

Diane Kennedy poses in her new location for "The Caddy Shack." The restaurant's grand opening is Friday, Jan. 13 at noon.

ODESSA- Diane Kennedy, 68, has worked in the restaurant business her whole life and is now bringing her culinary inclinations here through a business that was previously in Ritzville, "The Caddy Shack."

Kennedy first opened the restaurant at the Ritzville Golf Course almost three years ago.

"I got started in Ritzville," Kennedy said. "I leased out the golf course for a few years."

Her departure from Ritzville was the city's decision, clerk-treasurer Julie Flyckt said. Kennedy, meanwhile, said herself and the city had "creative differences."

"We decided not to renew with her," Flyckt said. "It...