Popular Ho-Ho-Kus Restaurant Damaged In Fire: Cops

HO-HO-KUS, NJ – A grease fire that began in a duct above a stove damaged a popular Ho-Ho-Kus restaurant early Thursday morning, according to authorities.

Around 2 a.m., police received a report of an activated fire alarm at Albert’s Café Amici on Sycamore Avenue and arrived to find smoke coming from within the building, Police Chief Chris Minchin said.

Firefighters from multiple towns, including Waldwick, Midland Park, Ramsey, Ridgewood, Saddle River and Upper Saddle River assisted with bringing the fire under control, he said. Ho-Ho-Kus volunteer ambulance corps was also at the scene to provide standby, he said.

Minchin said no injuries were reported since no one was in the business when the fire broke out.

The café sustained smoke and water damage, and will remain closed until the health department clears it to reopen, authorities said. Two neighboring businesses, BB Clover at Home and Krauser’s Food Stores, also sustained smoke damage.