Here's a shot I took indoors (with the camera accidentally on the "artistic" setting):
Yesterday, when we turned onto Division Street, we saw some police tape and a sign that said "Event Ahead." We pulled closer....
The Hazelnut Café burned up on Tuesday morning.
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No more free bread?
Here's Eating in Madison A to Z's review of the Hazelnut Café from last June.
So: Althouse takes a photo of the bakery and the bakery burns down.
Then she follows by taking a picture of Meade in the bakery and...
Meade: if you experience any unusual sensations of warmth get to the nearest water source immediately. Althouse-induced spontaneous combustion is not to be trifled with.
I am Laslo.
Hmmmmm. Sad story, or Greek lightning?
Lost his home and business. Tough day.
All Bread Matters.
I am Laslo.
We're thankful that no one was seriously hurt.
Damn.
The Hazelnut Cafe was the place you took a picture of, right?
Cute little name.
@Meade, yes. Though the owner may have been risking more than he realized when he tried to fight it himself.
The cafe lost the ultimate physical battle...
...the one with oxygen.
The question now is whether to rebuild. I hope they were insured.
There is a teaching moment in there somewhere.
Yes, Sarge,
but it really does not matter what they did or did not know or approve, or whether this belated report is based on real or feigned moral outrage.
What matters is that the program is still there, and that the principle has been established that torture is not "torture" if we just call it something else. That is what needs to be stopped.
You do not know who is going to be president next, or the one after that, and what their administrations are going to be like.
I like how your first photo has a badly lain gas can sitting on top of a bunch of flammable things....
Never eaten there, but the review makes it seem like a gem of a place, so I hope they re-open.
Insurance fire.
XMas,
I didn't really notice the gas can. (Though maybe I should have.)
That part of the bulding--the lean-to with a roll-up garage door--is the part least damaged by the fire.
A little odd. I'd guess that the stray gas can has little to do with the fire.
"There is a teaching moment in there somewhere."
Lesson 1: Declutter, clean, and design for efficiency and safety.
Lesson 2: Don't cut corners.
Lesson 3: Be careful with fire.
One of the comments at the Eating AtoZ post described the clutter in the restaurant. Easy to imagine a fire spreading in a cluttered environment
The review of the place talks about how dirty it is too. "Rags on the floors of the kitchen." I am surprised the reviewer ate there after seeing the conditions.
Meade is right. I wonder if it will be discovered that this guy did a lot of his own electrical work to save money. If he cut corners in other ways creating fire traps (or was cited by building inspectors), I wonder if insurance would pay.
That's really sad.
It is indeed sad. Old buildings can be a higher risk for fire. Renovated older buildings can be a higher risk for fire. Restaurants can carry of a higher risk of fire. Clutter just fuels the fire (like restaurant supplies). I wonder if he was up and prepping for the day or if the fire started during sleep.
The restaurant business is a tough one. You could build thousands upon thousands of restaurants with the used restaurant equipment sitting in warehouses around the country.
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