Redwood City: Yelp Top 100 restaurant back in business after fire repairs

Mazra, a Yelp Top 100-ranked Mediterranean restaurant, is back in business after completing fire damage repairs in Redwood City.

A two-alarm blaze tore through the kitchen in June, barely two months after the restaurant opened in a renovated downtown space with seating for 120 inside, 50 on the front patio and 40 more on the back patio.

Only about 15% percent of the restaurant walls were damaged and in need of repair, chef-founder Saif Makableh said in his update for the Bay Area News Group. But he and his family took the opportunity to make further changes.

“We redesigned our barbecue pit so that the chances of a fire happening again are slim to non,” he said. “This included tiling of walls to withstand heat of up to 2,000 degrees while also enclosing the actual barbecue grill.”

Meantime, the original San Bruno location is being renovated and will reopen in early 2025.