Eight months after a February fire in downtown Easton forced several businesses to close, State Cafe and Grill reopened its doors on Oct. 29.
Owner Bill Sneeringer said the water used to extinguish the fire flooded the building’s basement, destroying much of State Cafe’s inventory and equipment.
“We had six feet of water that basically destroyed everything,” Sneeringer said, noting the water damaged electrical service, a walk-in cooler, food stock, water heaters, alarm and camera systems and Wi-Fi equipment…