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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Miller Lane restaurant reopens after morning fire
Butler Twp. firefighters helped extinguish a small fire at the Red Lobster restaurant at 6500 Miller Lane this morning, Dec. 3.
A Butler Twp. fire dispatcher said the fire apparently started in or near a steamer in the restaurant’s kitchen. Employees summoned firefighters after they were unable to extinguish the fire themselves, the dispatcher said.
Although no damage estimate or cause was immediately available, the dispatcher said the fire appeared to be minor. Wendy Spirduso, a spokeswoman for the Orlando, FL-based chain, said the Red Lobster reopened for business at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Spirduso said there is no indication the fire was related to Red Lobster’s new wood-fired grills, about which Taste posted an entry just a couple of hours ago on Wednesday morning.
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TweetRestaurant chain turns to wood-grilling to fire up its menu
Interesting story here from Chainleader.com entitled “Red Lobster Fuels Its Menu with Wood-Grilling”. I kind of like how the reporter starts out the Q&A by pointing out what’s old is new again — even if it is a different species of tree being used to fire up the grills.
You can see by Red Lobster’s home page that the Florida-based restaurant chain — which has four Dayton-area locations, according to the web site — is promoting the new cooking technique heavily. It has even created a “Wood-fire grilling digital press kit, no less.
Hmmm. Don’t restaurant chains such as Bonefish Grill do this already?
Have you tried the new Red Lobster oak-grilled menu items?
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