116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Iowa City’s Hamburg Inn No. 2 reopens
The Hamburg Inn No. 2 reopened Monday morning with employees serving breakfast to customers after a basement fire closed the restaurant for nearly three months and caused an estimated $200,000 in damage.
Owner Dave Panther said roughly 100 customers had returned to the Hamburg Inn No. 2 through the noon hour for the reopening.
The restaurant closed on May 18 after rags on a shelf in the basement self-ignited. The ground floor and upstairs apartments sustained smoke damage, while the blaze in the basement destroyed the water softener, water heater, basement ceiling, and electrical wiring.
Long-time customer Richard Winter reads the menu at the Hamburg Inn No. 2 in Iowa City on Monday, August 11, 2014. The business reopened Monday after a fire closed it in May. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)
Server Megan Dudley brings a plate of food to a table at the Hamburg Inn No. 2 in Iowa City on Monday, August 11, 2014. The business reopened Monday after a fire closed it in May. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)
Customers order breakfast at the Hamburg Inn No. 2 in Iowa City on Monday, August 11, 2014. The business reopened Monday after a fire closed it in May. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)
Server Lauren Meanor gives coffee refills at the Hamburg Inn No. 2 in Iowa City on Monday, August 11, 2014. The business reopened Monday after a fire closed it in May. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)
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