Long Beach Restaurant Burns Down Two Weeks Before Scheduled Reopening

Dogz Bar and Grill’s reopening stalled in a major way on Tuesday morning, when an early morning fire completely destroyed the restaurant. Dogz Bar and Grill was only weeks away from opening after a flood forced it to close in 2017. Located on Belmont Shore, it in one of Long Beach’s most coveted dining neighborhoods.

Firefighters arrived at 5:19 a.m. on June 12 and took 45 minutes to snuff out the fire, according to the Long Beach Press Telegram. The first-responders kept the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings, and thankfully no one was injured.

Tuesday’s fire is a second wave of bad luck for the restaurant. In January 2017, a delivery truck clipped a fire hydrant, which left Dogz Bar and Grill completely flooded. After the first accident, co-owners Norm Turley and Rod Frontinotook took 18 months to rebuild. The partners planned for a late June reopening. Dogz Bar and Grill originally opened in 2011 in the former Belmont Station, and was known as a specialty hot dog and dog-friendly establishment. The cause of the fire is unknown.

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