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e u - WAl'HllLOO Cit-0mm - Wednesday. luly so. eon . , Benn y S is back Popular family restaurant closed down by fire last July reopens its doors ‘ Brno-Vinnie _ w Hesaidhereallygetsasense of ChIDnIdQSIafl . I ' the community support for the - 1 " restaurant out there, as Benny‘s rt was a little over a year ago ; was a well known breakfast spot that Dino Dimianakis was fin- and popular with families as well fishing up some paperwork in ’ as students who brought their par» the back office of Benny's Restauâ€" ents in from out of town. rant when he heard a huge com- In addition to all the old faces motion outside. .» that he's seen. he said he’s happy There were sirens wailing and ~ ,. .15” with all the new films coming out . hefelttherumbleofbevyequipâ€" ‘~‘ asweii. , merit going by. which had the ' The restaurant has been com- owner of the well~kn0twn family pletely gutted and changed on the 2 restaurant rushing out to investi- inside. featuring more of an open 3 - no. He found hirnselfsun'otmded a concept with modern finishes and ‘ byfiretrucksandfirst responders g . , amenities Hesaidhethinksthat's after a faulty circuit in the neon )._ - ‘ L: . ‘ also been pan ofthe attraction. Benny’s sign at the front of his ‘ - ' 1.3““ "When it’s new you're going to business sparked a fire in the flit; get a lot ofpeople coming to check rafters ,gp it out,” said Dimianakis. "But Apparently the massive wind- 5 - a there‘s also been a lot of regulars. stormflrathltthemgionlastluly Whichisreallynicetosee.” hadauaedd-mqetothebuilding Hehadahandinplanning the that wasn't discernable to the redesign and decoration of the naked eye. Luckily, a passing stu- interior of the restaurant. His wife dent saw smoke billowing out of and kids teased him about his the roof during the early momirg design skills, but Dimianakis has : fireandcalbditinmthebulk putawarmandwelcomingtouch ' ofdwhfimaridperhapseven onthespaoe.relyingontheyears ‘ him. said the grateful restaurateur. he spent in the business. But the damage was done. it's about giving people what Water and smoke damage from the Dino Olmlanakls. owner of Dennis Restaurant. said the popular local family restaurant Bop-1 {hr bushes lgain they want. which includes a menu fire closed the popular local family after a ”million fire shut it down last July 21. He didn't know what to expect when he reopened, but regular that hasn’t strayed much from the restaurant at lKiWeber St. N. customers and new ones have made the first few weeks a ”((985 xiv-mm“: original and puts a horny t'nlphd While Dimianakis vowed to sis on quality. reopen by last October. the dam- town Kitchener in l925. said there Benny's return, and that support son is hoping that she takes it easy “It's what they're happy and ‘ age was more extensive than the was never any doubt he would be continued during the shutdown and learns to relaxa little more. comfortable with,” said Dimi initial $500,000 estimate. "It was back. His dad opened his own and rebuild. ()ne of those cus- “When we had the construction anakis "I thought about doinga lot almost double that.” be Said. namesake restaurant Nick's in tome-rs even brought in some food of the interior going on we practi» of changes but a lot of people said And between coordinating Kitchener. and when he passed vouchers to help some of the 50 cally had customers stopping by they hopewe bring Benny’s hark claims between his insurance away Dimianakis stancd ninning employees afiected by the fire. and everyday hanging on the door ask- “That‘s why i del’ltlcd to stay company and his landlord's. the the family business when he was Dimianakis said he did his best to ing when we're opening.” said with what i had. it was doing well process to reopen stretched to just 17. He has been running help some of his loyal staff stay Dimianakis about the warm recep to begin with, so why change it7 almost I ”W: little fanfare. a restaurant eversinoe. afloat until Benny's opened its tion he's got from his customers 'And while our regular ( ll\ sign saying 'Now Open” on the lfthere were my doubts. it was doors again. and the community. “I‘ve been tomers like the tosmmii thanges. restaurant’s front marquee whether or not the customers That loyalty paid off with peo- really impressed with it, and the they really didn't want to we a lot (led-red Bally: back in business wold return after such a long lay- pie finding their way back to the turnout the first week has been of changes with the menu betauv- ‘ min It!” 17. off. 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