Even as firefighters were still trying to put out stubborn hot spots in what was left of a still smoldering Jacala Mexican restaurant, Cynthia Lambert, one of its co-owners, had reason to hope.
– Even as firefighters were still trying to put out stubborn hot spots in what was left of a still smoldering“Out of all this nightmare that we have and our hearts are broken,” Lambert said she’d been contacted by the owners of“With the shifts that they want or whatever they want,” Lambert said. “That’s the only blessing and it’s a Godsend.”“This my home, my second home,” Galvan said. “I’ve been here 68 years working at Jacala.”Like always, Galvan had arrived for work at 7 a.m.
On the near Northwest Side in the 600 block of West Ave., since 1959, the building had several additions through the years. A spokesman with the San Antonio Fire Department said the different attic spaces and roofs on top of each other made it difficult to fight the fire. Cindy Martinez, a loyal Jacala customer, also came to see for herself the restaurant where she and her family from Dallas had dinner the day before the fire.Lambert said she’s seen so many messages from customers like Martinez.However, Lambert said it’s still too soon to say what will happen now to her family’s restaurant.Jessie Degollado has been with KSAT since 1984. She is a general assignments reporter who covers a wide variety of stories.
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