Fire damages St. Paul’s Magnolias Restaurant

Fire damages St. Paul’s Magnolias Restaurant

Fire damages St. Paul’s Magnolias Restaurant

No one was injured during a fire at St. Paul’s Magnolias Restaurant on Monday.

According to the city’s fire department, crews were called to the business around 7:30 p.m. for an alarm going off. When they arrived, heavy smoke could be seen coming from the roof.

Firefighters were eventually able to extinguish the flames.

Roy Mokosso, Deputy Chief for the St. Paul Fire Department, says a large kitchen fire appears to most likely be accidental.

Luckily, no one was inside the building, located on Payne and Magnolia avenues east, at the time of the fire.

Magnolias opened in January of 1984 in a building that previously housed Radar Chef in the 1960s and White Castle in the 1930s, according to the restaurant’s website.