Fire burns Lower Greenville RIP Terilli's
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Man this is so sad, I took my wife on our first date to Terilli's and asked her to marry me there. It was our place, we wen't every so often to listen to the live bands. Hope they rebuild or find another place to open. Sad for the other places that went up with it, never went to them but a lot of history is gone.
Four-alarm fire burns Lower Greenville restaurants 8:06 AM CT
08:15 AM CST on Tuesday, March 2, 2010
By AIDA AHMED / The Dallas Morning News
A four-alarm fire gutted a string of Lower Greenville restaurants this morning.
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The fire spread into the attic space that the restaurants share and caused the roof to collapse. View larger Photography Photo store
The fire broke out about 5:45 a.m. at Terilli's Restaurant and Bar in the 2500 block of Greenville Avenue. Within an hour, it had spread to three other restaurants, including the Hurricane Grill.
No one was thought to be in the buildings at the time, and the only injury reported was a firefighter who suffered heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation. He was taken to Baylor University Medical Center for treatment, Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said.
Greenville Avenue is closed to traffic while crews battle the blaze, and smoke from the fire affected visibility on nearby highways.
Lower Greenville residents, some of them crying, watched in disbelief as 72 firefighters battled the blaze.
"A whole bit of history just went up in smoke," said Di McPherson, who lives in one of the homes closest to the blaze.
Hurricane Grill owner Greg Merkow said he was awakened by a phone call from his alarm company at 6 a.m.
"I raced down here to see smoke coming out of my bar," he told KTVT-TV (Channel 11).
Also burned in the fire were Mick's Bar and Greenville Avenue Bar and Grill.
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Map: A look at the restaurants before the fire
Restaurants: Terilli's | Greenville Bar and Grill | Hurricane Grill | Mick's
Evans said the fire spread up Terilli's walls and into the attic space shared by the restaurants, causing the building's roof to collapse.
The structure that house the restaurants was built in the 1920s, said Patricia Car, president of the Lower Greenville Neighborhood Association.
"This is as bad as the Arcadia going down," said Carr, referring to the 2006 fire that destroyed the historic Arcadia theater a few blocks south on Greenville.
Carr said the fire won't stand in the way of one of Lower Greenville's signature events.
"St. Patrick's Day is going to go ahead," she said.
Terilli’s, a Lower Greenville mainstay for more than 20 years, is across Goodwin Avenue from the Blue Goose restaurant and across Greenville from The Dubliner bar.
"It's the end of an era," Lower Greenville resident Andrea Rigsbee said.
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