A comeback for a popular Peoria-area pizza restaurant remains in the works.
Peoria Pizza Works was severely damaged from a fire on June 6, but the restaurant posted an update on social media and its website that indicated the longtime business plans to return.
“Hello everyone … We are currently pending word from our insurance company in order to move forward,” Peoria Pizza Works wrote on its Facebook page on Friday. “Yes, we are planning on rebuilding and reopening. At this time we do not know when we will be able to reopen. There is no official cause of the fire as of yet, and as it stands, we may never know what caused the fire.
“Please be patient as we move forward so that we can reopen and once again create memories with food, music, gaming, and beer.”
Pizza Works, which has served Chicago-style pizza, beer and hosted live music since the mid-1970s, says the fire was mostly contained to its music room.
The restaurant says there is smoke damage throughout the building, but the venue and its equipment appear to be suitable for repair. The fire broke out at the Peoria Heights restaurant, 3921 N. Prospect Road, around 4 a.m. on June 6, and appeared to cause severe damage to the roof.
The Peoria Fire Department joined the Peoria Height Fire Department at the scene in a mutual aid request to fight the fire. There was a battalion chief, a fire investigator and a K9 specializing in fire investigations all at the scene.
There were flames visible on the rooftop, and salons that were attached to the structure reportedly suffered smoke and water damage.
This article originally appeared on Journal Star: After fire, longtime Peoria Heights pizza restaurant provides update
Reporting by Dave Eminian, Peoria Journal Star / Journal Star
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