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Fire destroys two Cambridge restaurants

By adamg on Wed, 12/24/2014 - 8:55am

The restaurants this morning. Photo by Neal Doyle.

CFD Ladder 1 reports what turned into a two-alarm fire erupted at 228 Broadway shortly after 3 a.m.

Neal Doyle reports the two businesses - Beauty's Pizza and MuLan Taiwanese Restaurant - both appeared this morning to have been totally destroyed.

Neighborhoods: 
Cambridge
Topics: 
Business
Dining
Fire
Free tagging: 
Chinese food
Pizza


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Comments

By vne on Wed, 12/24/2014 - 12:10pm.

That's terrible. I get take-out at Beauty's a lot --they are very nice folks.

By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 12/24/2014 - 12:17pm.

I go by there almost daily in the morning. People are already there working at that time, even though neither place opens until lunch. This must be a crushing loss for both businesses at a normally busy time of year.

By anon on Wed, 12/24/2014 - 7:25pm.

He's the food supplier for Barcamp Boston, has been for a while...the food's good, he's friendly and easy-going to deal with, and when one of his newer drivers nearly hit me while I was riding, and I told him about it...I could tell he was genuinely concerned.

I hope nobody was hurt, and that he's back on his feet again soon. Even if he has insurance, this probably means a bunch of lost customers/business and so on.

By kvn on Wed, 12/24/2014 - 2:05pm.

Is that location where the old market was , then became Joe Savenor's package store , not to be confused with the package store with the ice machine ?

By Chuck on Wed, 12/24/2014 - 3:33pm.

I'll miss Beauty's 2 slices and a soda for under 5 bucks - a rare find in Cambridge. Mulan's lunch specials were the best deal around. A pot of tea, pickled cabbage salad, spicy peanuts, a tasty entree with rice and side dishes and fresh fruit for dessert....less than $10 bucks. They have another location in Waltham where I'll have to go for my Chicken in Chili Sauce fix.

Lots of folks out of work as a result of this loss but I'm glad they're all safe.

By Jason on Wed, 12/24/2014 - 4:33pm.

I'd recently fallen for MuLan and their excel hot and sour soup. Awesome service, too. Hopefully they're able to rebuild, it was a great spot.

By Simon on Wed, 01/14/2015 - 10:07am.

I have had pizza from Beauty's and I really love Mu Lan's great Asian meals. I drove past the location today and saw the windows boarded up. I hope that both businesses recover and wish them well.

Simon