Restaurants & Bars
Fire Shutters Luke's Lobster Outpost On East 7th Street
The seafood joint is the second East Village restaurant in a week to close because of a fire.
EAST VILLAGE, NY — A fire ripped through the E. Seventh Street building that houses Luke's Lobster Thursday night, forcing the seafood outpost to temporarily shutter, according to the chain.
Firefighters responded to a blaze in a five-story building on E. Seventh Street just off of First Avenue at about 7:30 p.m. More than 60 firefighters from 12 units responded to the flames, which ignited in an apartment on the fifth-floor, a FDNY spokesman said.
No injures were reported, but management with Luke's Lobster expects the eatery to be closed for the next couple of weeks for repairs.
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Due to a fire in the building (everyone’s ok), our #eastvillage shack will be closed for the next couple of weeks to fix the damage. Stay tuned here for further updates, and check us out on #UniversityPlace in #UnionSquare to get your fix.
— Luke's Lobster (@LukesLobster) December 28, 2018
Luke's Lobster is the second restaurant to shutter in the last week because of fire damage. Nearby on E. 11th Street off of Avenue C, lauded Italian bistro Fiaschetteria Pistoia was forced to shutter after a fire swept through the restaurant and building.
It is unclear when Fiaschetteria Pistoia expects to reopen.
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Photo courtesy of Luke’s Lobster
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