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Demolition near completion at historic restaurant

By Katherine Simon,

2024-08-23

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — The final phases of demolition happened Friday on a historic Youngstown restaurant.

You can see the final parts of Torch Club Bar & Grille being torn down in the video player above.

Demolition of the building started July 6 after a fire in the 88-year-old restaurant.

The bar was formerly known as Club Merry-Go-Round.

Youngstown Fire officials told First News the building was demolished for safety. The fire started in the garage in the back of the building and spread to the bar.

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Tommy Athens

08-24

It's taken them over a month to complete demolition? They could have built and torn down 10 McDonalds at that location in that time frame 🤣

nick g

08-23

funny.....it took a gas explosion to get any construction....or destruction...done in a timely manner in downtown Youngstown..they've been working on shit for three years and nothing gets finished..maybe they need to blow it all up 🤣🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

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