Daily News | What we know about the Jim’s Steaks fire
Could people be lining up again for cheesesteaks at Fourth and South Streets by Memorial Day 2023?
On Friday afternoon, Silver had vowed to rebuild, even as he feared that the building would be a total loss. Next door at Eye’s Gallery — the Latin American-themed boutique that Julia Zagar opened in 1968 with a facade decorated with mosaics by her husband, the artist Isaiah Zagar — damage could close the business for a year. Three full-time employees and two part-timers had worked there.
with a goal of $100,000. Through additional wages, “we’re going to take care of them and make them whole,” Silver said. “We’re not a big business. We’re a family-run, tightly knit group.” Silver spent Saturday at MilkBoy, the bar-restaurant across the street, to await city inspectors and to greet well-wishers, including John Foy, a founder of Bridget Foy’s restaurant two blocks away. An electrical fire in 2017, whose origin appeared similar to Friday’s blaze, destroyed the restaurant. Bridget Foy reopened in December 2020 after it was rebuilt.
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