The owners of Rutland鈥檚 Olympia Greek Taverna have reached out to the community through Facebook to provide an update and thank those who have supported them after a fire forced the restaurant to close its doors in October.
Late in the evening on Tuesday, Oct. 6, Olympia Taverna on Highway 33 went up in flames. A waiter and another staff member were playing cards in the restaurant after closing, when they started to smell smoke, shortly after 10 p.m.
When they opened the restaurant鈥檚 back door, they saw flames burning up to the roof. Unfortunately, the fire would spread and cause extensive damage to the building.
鈥淲ell, it鈥檚 been a sombre and humbling few weeks since the fire,鈥� said the ownership group on the taverna鈥檚 Facebook page.
鈥淲e appreciate all the well wishes from the community and we thank you for the support you have given us over the last five decades. Like the Phoenix, we too shall rise from the ashes. Here are a few pictures from the inside. Stay tuned and we will post pictures of the rebuild.鈥�
Yassou and Kali Mera! Well it鈥檚 been a somber and humbling few weeks since the fire. We appreciate all the well wishes...
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The 琉璃神社 Fire Department later deemed the blaze to be accidental in nature and co-owner Mike Koutsantonis said they plan to rebuild the taverna in the future.
鈥淲hat it鈥檚 going to look like, we don鈥檛 know yet,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 going to be a little bit down the road.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 just good to know it wasn鈥檛 intentional. It鈥檚 always a good thing no one had bad intentions.鈥�
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