Joe’s restaurant hit by two-alarm fire


By on Fri, January 27, 2006

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Cheri Parr
The exterior of the restaurant appears intact this afternoon.
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Cheri Parr
The interior door is boarded up and shows signs of firefighters' forcing it open.

Joe’s in Half Moon Bay, on Highway 1 near Ocean Colony [Google map], suffered a two-alarm fire last night around 10pm.  The fire departments from Foster City, Pacifica, the California Department of Forestry, and Central County Fire responded, according to the Mercury News.

Signs on the doors say "Closed until further notice".

UPDATE: The Daily Journal reports that fire started in the kitchen after the restaurant was closed and the staff had gone home:  "Jolley put a preliminary estimate of damage to the restaurant roof, hood and duct system and kitchen appliances at $100,000."