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COLLEYVILLE - For Peter Pursley and his four friends, inspiration for a new Caribbean-themed restaurant in Colleyville struck while at a friend's bachelor party at Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
The 2-month-old Finz Tropical Grill on Colleyville Boulevard is one of three restaurants new to the city this year.
The entrepreneurial group of five friends, four of whom own unrelated businesses, pooled their money to buy Ruby, s Seafood Grill at 5005 Colleyville Blvd. for $175,000 in December.
After spending an additional $70,000 in renovations, Finz opened Jan. 11 with an indoor cocktail gazebo made from thatch and the music of Jimmy Buffet playing in the background, said Pursley, president of the ownership group, Tropical Restaurants L.L.C.
The owners, all Colleyville residents who met at Ruby's during Friday happy hour, decided they wanted to change the theme of...