Asheville restaurant remains closed after kitchen fire

ASHEVILLE - An Asheville restaurant remains closed following a kitchen fire.

On May 29, Asheville Fire Department Public Information Officer Kelley Klope confirmed via email that a fire occurred at Stone Ridge Tavern, 1003 Brevard Road, and AFD was dispatched for a reported structure fire around 1:30 p.m. May 25.

Klope said the “building was not occupied at the time the fire occurred” and there were no injuries.

The damage was contained to the kitchen.

AFD detected “light smoke” but upon investigation, discovered the fire was extinguished. Klope said AFD canceled the assignment and turned the restaurant over to the property manager.

Stone Ridge Tavern was unavailable for comment at the time of publication.

On May 27, a post on the restaurant’s social media page stated:

“Hi everyone! As many of you may have heard, we unfortunately had a small electrical fire early Saturday morning. As of right now we are really hoping to be back open by the weekend. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. When we have a definite time frame we will definitely let all of you know. We are looking forward to taking care of all of you guys real soon!”

A GoFundMe online fundraiser organized by the head manager Angela Nash was launched to raise money to support the nearly 80 out-of-work employees. The statement noted that the restaurant will be closed for the “unforeseeable future.”

As of May 31, $1,025 had been raised and the function to donate was disabled by the organizer.

For updates, visit thestoneridgetavern.com and Facebook.

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Tiana Kennell is the food and dining reporter for the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA Today Network. Email her at [email protected] or follow her on Instagram @PrincessOfPage. Please support this type of journalism with a subscription to the Citizen Times.

This article originally appeared on Asheville Citizen Times: Stone Ridge Tavern temporarily closes due to kitchen fire