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What Happened: In the prime of the busy season, a fire started in the grease shoot of the kitchen. It eliminated the entire kitchen and the basement lounge suffered water damage from the sprinkler system. The fire spanned from the basement to the roof, damaging offices that were located on other floors besides the restaurant.
The Cityline Solution: An internal room was built around the damaged portion of the kitchen to open the remaining portion for cold prep, while cooked food was provided from Brew Works Allentown. The kitchen was replaced and the entire cook line was reengineered to meet current and future needs. The cooking process was improved and preventative measures were put in place. The entire three-story building was restored, including the offices surrounding the restaurant.
The burned kitchen line. Notice that it is now inside of a room with a door. This is the room we built around the fire.
Us moving out some burned appliances. The wall on the right of the picture is the outside of the temporary room. It looks just like the rest of the kitchen
Inside the temporary room with the cook line removed
The service line inside the temporary room. The metal stud wall behind the line is the inside of the white wall in picture number 2
A series of chain hoists used to lower the burned exhaust hood to the ground
Taken inside the temporary room with the demolition completed
The new stainless wall panels behind the cook line
A progress photo of the new welded exhaust duct
One half of the new Captivaire exhaust hood. HT Lyons crew has to drag 2 of these into the brew works.
The temporary wall is down and we are in our 2 day shutdown to finish the line, have a final inspection, and re-open for business. The photo shows the controls for the automated self-washing hood and a pair of electrical engineers from the manufacture helping with fan speed issues
Everyone has a few square feet to work in
A few stainless fabricators working on the service line
A new operational cook line
The cook line and the service line installed, inspected, and ready for food
Another shot of the hood1of15
Previous NextAfter the fire, the kitchen was temporarily functional within a couple days. It was 100% functional within 2 months. The restaurant only lost 2 days of business. Architects, designers and engineers were all part of the team that reconstructed the building after the fire.
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