More than a week after its splashy, red-ribbon opening in Walnut Creek on Aug. 14, Original Joe’s remains closed, following a kitchen fire that has left the owners of the legendary Italian-American restaurant still uncertain about when they can reopen.

In a statement Friday evening, the Duggan family told this news organization that the “facility improvements” were under way at the new Original Joe’s Walnut Creek, on a prime corner in the city’s Broadway Plaza shopping center. But they could not provide an estimated timeline for when the repairs would be completed.

“We look forward to sharing details on our reopening as it becomes available,” the statement said.

The fire was reported to the Contra Costa Fire Protection District just after midnight Monday. The damage it caused wasn’t con

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