Picture taken the day of the fire.

Cielito Lindo, which was ravaged by a fire in late April, will reopen in January 2015, reports Cathie Anderson in the Sac Bee.

Ramiro Alarcon, who owns the restaurant with his wife Claudia Alarcon, told me that he has been catering events and teaching cooking classes while waiting for contractors to complete repairs to the building he is renting at 3672 J St. in east Sacramento. Alarcon spoke to me through a translator because he said his English was not yet as good as his Spanish...

Alarcon’s restaurant was open for only seven months before the fire. The cause of the blaze is undetermined, according to the Sacramento Fire Department.

Read the entire story in the Sac Bee.

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