Long Beach Restaurant Burns Down Two Weeks Before Scheduled Reopening | Eater LA

"An intended weeks-away reopening was derailed when an early-morning fire on June 12 completely destroyed the restaurant; firefighters arrived at 5:19 a.m. and took about 45 minutes to extinguish the blaze, preventing it from spreading to adjacent buildings and causing no injuries. This disaster follows a January 2017 flood—caused when a delivery truck clipped a fire hydrant—that forced the owners to close and then spend 18 months rebuilding; co-owners Norm Turley and Rod Frontino had been planning a late‑June relaunch. The establishment originally opened in 2011 in the former Belmont Station and was known locally for specialty hot dogs and a dog‑friendly atmosphere. The cause of the recent fire remains unknown." - Mona Holmes