- White Horse Spirits & Kitchen reopened after a fire damaged it in August.
- Salt Lake City declared Thursday “White Horse Spirits & Kitchen Day” to celebrate reopening.
- Work is underway to reopen four other businesses heavily damaged by the fire.
SALT LAKE CITY — Several people stopped to peer through the front window of White Horse Spirits & Kitchen, before a small line formed outside the downtown Salt Lake City restaurant.
“Nice!” one person said, while others remarked how surprised they were that it was already open again. The building’s repaired interior was buzzing with customers within minutes of its official reopening Thursday evening.
“It’s touching. I don’t even know what to say — it just makes me emotional that people care this much about us,” said Jason LeCates, White Horse’s co-owner, as customers began filling in the room in front of him…