Restauration, the 4th Street bistro and patio owned by Dana Tanner and chef Philip Pretty, suddenly caught fire early Thursday morning, but firefighters rushed to extinguish the flames before the whole restaurant burned.<\/p>\n
“Never did I think I would be pulling an all-nighter because of something like this,” said Tanner. “Thankfully, everyone is safe and, unthankfully, we are closed until we figure out how long it takes to rebuild and repair. In the least, the entire structure was not destroyed. Let the journey for this surreal twist begin.”<\/p>\n
The restaurant, located at 2708 E. Fourth St., shared the news via Facebook just hours ago:<\/p>\n
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“It’s a gut-wrenching and heartbreaking moment to have something you own and worked so hard to achieve pulled away from you while you sleep without knowing,” said Pretty. “The community has reached out in huge numbers\u2014which has been an overwhelming feeling of love. We will rebuild a stronger Restauration and come back ready to fill bellies.”<\/p>\n
According to Tanner, the cause of the fire remains unknown.\u00a0A fire official said the blaze started around midnight and crews had the flames doused in about 20 minutes. They’re still investigating what started the blaze, Long Beach Fire Department Capt. Jack Crabtree said.<\/p>\n
Having opened in 2014<\/a>, Restauration took over a building that had long been mired with unsuccessful restaurants. Since then, it has long held a reputation for upping the city’s food game (and was named by the Post as one of the city’s best restaurants<\/a>), especially since\u00a0Tanner took on chef Pretty as its head-of-kitchen.<\/p>\n