Former Restaurant // latest change 1997
Marketplace · Disney Springs · Walt Disney World
Former Restaurant · the memorial record
Also known as LiteBite, Lakeside Terrace.
This restaurant is gone, but its history stays documented — the full lifetime log is below.
◆ Latest milestone
Goofy's Grill - the character-themed counter-service eatery that had earlier operated as LiteBite and then Lakeside Terrace at Block D (map location F) - had permanently closed by the time Ghirardelli's Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop opened in its former space on December 15, 1997.
The Disney Village Marketplace was folded into the newly branded Downtown Disney in 1997, joining the Marketplace with Pleasure Island and the new West Side, an era in which the character-themed counter-service stands were phased out in favor of brand-name tenants.
Documented as an operating quick-service snack stand (soda, burgers, snacks) at location F / Block D on the 1987 Walt Disney World Village / Disney Village Marketplace map, then named LiteBite. It was later renamed Lakeside Terrace ('Lite Bite in all but name') and finally Goofy's Grill as the Marketplace counters were given character themes.
Per the documented record, Goofy's Grill at Disney Springs opened in 1987.
The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Goofy's Grill is dated 1997: Goofy's Grill - the character-themed counter-service eatery that had earlier operated as LiteBite and then Lakeside Terrace at Block D (map location F) - had permanently closed by the time Ghirardelli's Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop opened in its former space on December 15, 1997.
The latest documented change (documented 1997): Goofy's Grill - the character-themed counter-service eatery that had earlier operated as LiteBite and then Lakeside Terrace at Block D (map location F) - had permanently closed by the time Ghirardelli's Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop opened in its former space on December 15, 1997.
3 documented changes, dating back to 1987 — the fan-kept restaurant changelog nobody else keeps.
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