O’Brien’s Pub announced just before 7 pm on Monday evening that they would be temporarily closed for “the next few days” following a kitchen fire.

Things moved along a bit quicker than expected, as O’Brien’s announced just before noon on Tuesday that they had reopened.

 

O’Brien’s reports that no one was injured during the incident on Monday.

 

O’Brien’s Pub is located at 501 Thames Street and online at http://theobrienspub.com.

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