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Community supports Northern Kentucky restaurant after devastating fire Share Updated: 6:59 PM EDT May 7, 2021 Share Updated: 6:59 PM EDT May 7, 2021
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Show Transcript COLONIAL COTTAGE WILL BE BACK. CLAIMS DAMAGE THIS NORTHERN KENTUCKY LANDMARK RESTAURANT OVERNIGHT BRINGING DOWN WITH IT MORE THAN JUST PARTS OF THE BUILDING SAD. A LOT OF MEMENTOS A LOT OF MEMORIES IN THERE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AT THE COLONIAL COTTAGE OFF OF DIXIE HIGHWAY AROUND 315 THIS MORNING GENERAL MANAGER, CHRIS BILLINGSLEY SAID THE MORNING SHIFT EMPLOYEES ALERTED HER OF THE FIRE AROUND 4. SHE RUSHED OVER IMMEDIATELY THE ERLANGER FIRE DEPARTMENT HASN’T DETERMINED THE OF THE FIRE BUT TIMING COULDN’T HAVE BEEN WORSE WHEN WE BUMPED UP TO 50% IT SEEMED LIKE SO MANY OF OUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS WITH ALL THE VACCINES BEING OUT THEY WERE ABLE TO COME BACK IN AND OUR SALES WERE INCREASING DURING THE PANDEMIC THE OWNERS OF THE COTTAGE WERE FORCED TO REINVENT THE RESTAURANT
An early morning fire left a beloved Northern Kentucky restaurant with substantial damages on Friday.
Heavy flames were seen coming from the roof of the Colonial Cottage restaurant on Dixie Highway at about 3:15 a.m.
The restaurant, owned by Matt and Noelle Grimes, has been operating since 1933.
Fire crews arrived and were able to put the flames out. No one was inside the building when the fire broke out, and no one was hurt, according to Erlanger Fire Chief Todd Whitaker.
Chris Billingsley, Colonial Cottage general manager, said after a hard year, things were seeming more hopeful which made waking up to this even harder.