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The Manila Fiesta on 1952 McGilchrist St SE closed early Saturday. Usually open until 7 p.m., the Filipino restaurant shut its doors at 3 p.m.
On Sunday, as temperatures in the city reached 113 degrees, the restaurant remained closed as it usually is. But the historic high temperatures continued Monday, reaching 117 degrees in the afternoon.
Owner Marissa Luciano decided to close at 2 p.m. Monday, hoping to bring respite to her kitchen staff and equipment.
“Our kitchen is really overworked with this heat,” Luciano said Monday. “We are not going to gamble with this heat.”
Residents hoping to avoid cooking during the weekend’s record-breaking heatwave found a number of restaurants around the city closed earlier than expected or shut down altogether.