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Slope's BBQ Hopes To "Rise From The Ashes" In The Spring
A little more than $10,000 has been raised to help the Sandy Springs restaurant cover the monetary losses felt by its employees.
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Sandy Springs, GA -- A popular restaurant that suffered a major setback due to a fire last month is working hard to reopen by the time winter moves out of Sandy Springs.
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Slopes BBQ of Sandy Springs said Thursday it’s hoping to “fully rise from the ashes in early spring,” according to its Facebook page.
“Fire is bad enough, but it’s the smoke and water that really did the damage here,” the company said.
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The Dec. 16 fire heavily damaged the restaurant on Johnson Ferry Road and forced the company to temporarily relocate its operations to its Alpharetta location at 5865 Gateway Drive.
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Along with continued messages of support, residents and stakeholders have also opened their wallets and checkbooks to help the make up for the monetary losses employees have suffered due to the fire.
As of late Thursday afternoon, the Slope’s Rising From The Ashes GoFundMe campaign has raised $10,501.
Along with the GoFundMe page, citizens are also encouraged to make donations to the Slope’s Fire Fund at any Bank of North Georgia establishment.
In a Dec. 21 video message, resident Jim Martell said brothers and co-owners Andy and Glenn McDaniel have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of generosity from Sandy Springs residents and other citizens.
“It just gives me goosebumps to think about the generosity of you and everybody has been apart of this GoFundMe campaign,” he said, later adding Slope’s barbecue is “definitely rising from the ashes.”
He also said the McDaniels have also taken care of their employees by offering them work over the holiday season at the Alpharetta location.
Sandy Springs Fire-Rescue crews responded to the fire just after 7 a.m. when officials at Fire Station No. 2 “noticed heavy smoke coming through the roof” of the restaurant, city spokesperson Sharon Kraun previously told Patch.
Sandy Springs Deputy Fire Chief Mark Duke stated the fire “appears to have started somewhere around the smoker and chimney area, which extended into the attic space.”
Be sure to follow Slope’s BBQ of Sandy Springs’ Facebook page and the GoFundMe campaign for updates on the status of the restaurant’s reopening.
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