Popeye’s on Divis Catches Fire, $0.99 Two-Piece Tuesdays Canceled.
by Andrew Dalton on May 18, 2010
So this just happened. About seven fire trucks and various squad cars showed up on Divis while smoke poured out the doors of Popeye’s. Seemed a bit excessive since there were no massive grease-fueled towers of fire involved, but I imagine places like that are equipped to keep that shit contained to the kitchen. SFFD was crawling over the roof and scoping out the building next door as well. The only comment I could get out of the crew chief was “could you please move to the sidewalk.” So much for citizen journalism.
Anyway, I’m glad I made my yearly trip to Popeye’s over the weekend, but I bet you can expect your Louisiana Spicy variety to be extra smokey for the next few days. Meanwhile, NOPA’s special tonight is their wood-grilled calamari. Nobody on the sidewalk at Bean Bag seemed to be phased by all the ruckus, but they’re probably smoked out already.
We’ll be sure to update if the chicken slingers aren’t open tomorrow. In the meantime, some photos:
I hope the crowd at NOPA was not distribed by the commotion.