City is against consolidation.
The Monterey City Council on Tuesday will consider taking final action to deny the transfer of a wharf lease for Rappa’s Seafood Restaurant from Anthony Rappa to would-be buyer James Gilbert, who has three other wharf restaurants.
Rappa, who has been running the restaurant since 1980, said Thursday that he hopes the council decides otherwise.
“What they are doing is counterproductive,” said Rappa, who at age 79 wants to retire. He said Gilbert has the money to make badly needed improvements to the property, along with plans to make it a “destination location.”
The restaurant sits in a good location near the end of the wharf, with a second-level observation deck overlooking the harbor.