2 luxe Galleria-area restaurants temporarily closed by kitchen fire The Annie will be closed temporarily.
Photo by Jenn Duncan
Turner s will be closed for approximately three weeks due to a fire that occurred in the exhaust hoods on Wednesday, May 18. No one was hurt by the blaze, and neither restaurant suffered fire or smoke damage, according to a release. However, both properties, which are located on the first and second floor of the same space at 1800 Post Oak Blvd., suffered extensive water damage. “We are extremely grateful for the Houston Fire Department staff and their promptness and professionalism in handling this situation, proprietor Ben Berg said in a statement. We now have some remediation work to do in order to pass specific codes, but we hope to reopen within two to three weeks. As soon as we have a more concrete reopening date, we will let you know.
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An oral history of what Covid-19 has done to the Houston hospitality industry.
By
Timothy Malcolm
3/17/2021 at 9:48am
Published in the Spring 2021 issue of
Houstonia
Covid-19 dominated everything in 2020, from the way we lived (mostly at home) to how we ate (again, mostly at home). In Houston it significantly altered the restaurant industry, with more than 100,000 workers temporarily finding themselves out of work during the year, according to the Greater Houston Restaurant Association. Restaurants closed for weeks, and in some cases permanently, chefs and workers found themselves out of jobs, and a city known for how much its residents go out to eat retreated.