Last night, firefighters battled a five-alarm fire at a building located at 3949 Lindell Blvd., in Midtown. One of the retail spaces on the ground floor is occupied by Desserts on the Boulevard, a restaurant and bar that opened its doors this winter. In response to a concerned patron’s post on its Facebook timeline, Desserts on the Boulevard posted the following: “We are good, business is destroyed ! Keep us in prayer [sic] please as well as the tenants in the building.” The Scoop has a call in to owner Deverick Miller regarding the extent of damage to his establishment from the fire, which caused a portion of the multi-story apartment complex to collapse. More as we learn it.
See Matt Berkley’s review of Desserts on the Boulevard in the Nightlife column inside the current issue of Sauce.
UPDATE 1:45 p.m.: Desserts on the Boulevard owner Deverick Miller informed The Scoop that he was notified that the city of St. Louis has condemned the building and that it will be demolished. Miller also spoke this afternoon with the owners of the building, who told him that they have not determined whether they will rebuild. “We are planning to look for a new location immediately because we have so much momentum,” said Miller of his next step. “We are going to keep Desserts on the Boulevard going. It will be bigger and better.”
— Photo by Jonathan Gayman
This article appears in July 2012.