Sanibel Island restaurant starts anew after fire

Burnt to a crisp really isn’t a phrase you want to hear in any restaurant situation, but especially when it comes to a kitchen fire. 

Unfortunately, that’s the situation The Island Cow restaurant on Sanibel Island finds itself in after an after-hours kitchen fire erupted Aug. 6. The restaurant, known, according to a statement, for its "American-style food and fun, offering over 300 menu items," has been closed since.

In a separate press release, the Florida State Fire Marshal Office states the cause of the fire was undetermined. "The Island Cow was so badly damaged it is unsafe to allow anyone inside," Larry Williams, fire marshal at Sanibel Fire and Rescue District, says in the release. "We are just grateful no one was injured during the fire, and we will keep it that (way) moving forward.”