Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Tuome expected to be back open in another 2 weeks


[Photo of Tuome from August 2014]

As we've been reporting, a small kitchen fire on March 29 temporarily put Tuome out of commission at 536 E. Fifth St. between Avenue A and Avenue B.

Aside from a sign on the door last Thursday…there hasn't been any official notification about the closure from the well-regarded restaurant that opened last August.

Yesterday, though, a Tuome rep sent us this statement:

On behalf of the entire Tuome team, we are relieved to announce that we plan to reopen the restaurant within approximately two weeks following renovations to repair the damages from the kitchen fire we experienced on March 29.

We are very sorry to have disappointed our new and existing guests during this unexpected closure, and we are remarkably grateful to all who have been so supportive since we opened in August 2014. We look forward to reopening as soon as our renovation and cleanup have been completed. Thank you all for your concern and support — we're excited to reopen and to welcome you back to Tuome.
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousApril 8, 2015 at 7:52 AM

    Restaurants, especially restaurants with apartments above them, are required to have sprinklers throughout their kitchens, right? I live next to a building with a restaurant on the ground floor, and I always worry about that. Fires--I should say small fires--aren't uncommon in restaurant kitchens, and I worry how out of control it could get if there weren't working sprinklers.

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