18 August 2022
The particular Grand, a restaurant, pub and bowling alley upon Columbia’s Main Street, is usually closed until further observe following a kitchen fire August. 17, owners announced upon social media. “Thankfully, the fireplace occurred after hours, and no a single was hurt. We are extremely grateful for the first responders who worked tirelessly to assist save our beautiful Fantastic building in the wee hrs of the morning, ” The particular Grand posted on the Facebook late Wednesday. The spokesperson for the restaurant dropped to share additional details about the particular expected reopening date. Home, located at 1621 Major St ., has been on the city’s Main Street since the mid-1800s, according to Historic Columbia. Within the early 1900s, it kept a large theater in the back again. The Middletons, a notable Columbia family known for reshaping much of Main Street, bought the building in 2016. The particular core of the original developing remains intact, the declaration said. This is at least the 3rd time this year that a Columbia-area restaurant has had to near its doors following a cooking area fire. In early March, Chubby’s Burgers and Brewhouse within Blythewood caught fire plus was closed for over per month and a half. And in May, the particular San Jose on Sparkleberry Lane caught fire. Inside a four year span beginning in 2010, there were over seven, 000 fires a year in restaurants, which totaled near to $165 million in home damage every year, according to the National Fire Protection Organization report.