The popular South Fourth Avenue eatery Micha's Restaurant announced it would reopen this week after it was shuttered by a kitchen fire in April.
Alex Franco, whose family owns Micha’s, announced on Facebook Monday the restaurant was granted approval to open. It will open on Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 5 - 8 p.m.
"We are so excited to announce that we were FINALLY approved to OPEN," Franco's post said.
The restaurant also noted a grand re-opening won't be hosted until Saturday, April 13, 2019.
Normal hours will be 6:30 – 3 p.m. Mondays, 6:30 - 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 6:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Sundays.
South Tucson firefighters initially thought they were dealing with a fire alarm when they were called out to Micha’s late on April 13, 2018. When they arrived, they saw smoke coming from the kitchen area. And where there was smoke, they found the fire, a roaring blaze that appeared to have started in the kitchen.
Franco, in a previous interview with the Star, said that most the damage was limited to the interior; the structure itself was largely unaffected.
Micha’s has anchored the south end of South Fourth Avenue for 42 years.
Micha's reopened a year ago: Here's a look at the fire that caused the eatery's closure
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Tucson Fire Dept. ladder trucks pour water on the roof during a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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A Tucson Fire Dept. ladder truck pours water on the roof at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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Tucson Fire Department ladder trucks pour thousands of gallons on the roof of Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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The crew of Tucson Fire Ladder 10 walk through the debris in the parking lot after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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Debris in the parking lot after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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The crew of Tucson Fire Ladder 10 look at damage to the roof after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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Tucson firefighters from TFD Ladder 10, one of the closest TFD stations to South Tucson, look at the damage to the roof after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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Danny Pollanes, who worked at Michas's periodically to help clean up and water, gazes at the debris in the parking lot after a fire at Micha's Fine Mexican Food in South Tucson early Saturday, April 14, 2018.
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Gilbert Mariscal reads the paper as customers file in at Micha's restaurant. Gilbert is the oldest son Gilbert and Artemisa Mariscal, who founded the restaurant in 1976.
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Carey Lacey of Tucson laughs with some friends at Micha's Restaraunt on South Fourth Ave., after taking a tour of South Tucson in 2000. Lacey was one of about 30 kids to participate in the Catalina Foothills School District's Spanish Camp.
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George Gomez cleans a shrine area honoring Micha's founders Gilbert and Artemisa Mariscal. Customers have added other religious symbols of their own throughout the years.
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Cook Lupita Dominguez prepares an e-mailed food order at Micha's Restaurant, 2908 South Fourth Ave. in 2006. Dominguez had been with the restaurant for 17 years.
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Gilbert and Artemisa "Micha" Mariscal, front, founders of Micha's in front of the original restaurant in South Tucson with family members and workers in 1983.
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Gilbert Mariscal, left, owner of Michas's, and South Tucson Mayor Enrique Serna in front of Micha's Fine Mexican Foods in South Tucson just after an extensive expansion in 1984.
