{"id":1186248,"date":"2022-12-12T13:54:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T19:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1186248"},"modified":"2022-12-13T17:14:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:14:28","slug":"emory-restaurant-catches-fire-in-the-middle-of-dinner-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1186248","title":{"rendered":"Emory restaurant catches fire in the middle of dinner service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/side-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1186249\" \/>EMORY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sidekick&#8217;s, a family-owned restaurant in Emory, caught fire Thursday night in the middle of its busy dinner rush &#8212; and the Sidekick&#8217;s Facebook page says the eatery is a total loss. According to our news partner KETK, the building was quickly evacuated with the help of restaurant employees who reportedly put their lives at risk to make sure nobody was left inside. The Emory Volunteer Fire Department says fire crews from Emory, Alba, East Tawakoni, and Point were all on the scene. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everyone is still in shock at that has happened.  This restaurant has been in my family for 12 years, and I grew up in this restaurant, and to watch it go so fast, it&#8217;s crazy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said assistant manager Danielle Patton. <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>Emory community members continue reacting to the fire online. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve set up a GoFundMe page to help the family rebuild. You can view the GoFundMe page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/sidekicks-fire-employee-fundraiser?qid=f347588b78c851dd4f80b017d3a3c7c5\">here<\/a> and check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SidekicksBG\/\">this link<\/a> for other details and updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMORY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sidekick&#8217;s, a family-owned restaurant in Emory, caught fire Thursday night in the middle of its busy dinner rush &#8212; and the Sidekick&#8217;s Facebook page says the eatery is a total loss. According to our news partner KETK, the building was quickly evacuated with the help of restaurant employees who reportedly put their lives &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1186248\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Emory restaurant catches fire in the middle of dinner service<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1186254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/side-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Emory restaurant catches fire in the middle of dinner service","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-22 02:47:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/side-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Emory restaurant catches fire in the middle of dinner service","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1186248"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1186252,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186248\/revisions\/1186252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1186254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1186248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1186248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1186248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}