Mayfield restaurant impacted by tornado expected to rebuild, reopen in near future

MAYFIELD, Ky. (KFVS) – Just one Mayfield business impacted by the December tornado says they will not be leaving their first location.

Their approach is to create back, better than ahead of.

Wilma’s Kountry Kitchen area has been in the latest owners’ arms for nearly 30 years.

“We are certainly staying,” explained Whiteney Mills, supervisor at Wilma’s Kountry Kitchen.

Mills reported the restaurant will be again in the in the vicinity of long term.

“I said in the commencing, I said, as an alternative of creating back larger and better, we are discovered to select up the place we remaining off. So which is with any luck , what we’re going to do,” mentioned Mills.

Mills stated Wilma’s is hoping to reopen sometime in May perhaps.

“Even if it’s the previous day of May possibly, it sounds greater than the making an attempt to get into the summer months,” explained Mills.

As numerous properties all-around Wilma’s had been strike by the twister, the rear of the cafe is exactly where their damage is.

“It did not touch the restaurant as far as the eating home. Appears to be like we just remaining it, so the kitchen is remaining fixed, the back again 50 percent of the restaurant is naturally gone,” said Mills.

Contractors are envisioned to commence repairing the back again half of the cafe commencing next 7 days.

And Mills said they’re blessed to however have Wilma’s standing.

“I signify, persons dropped their households, and their organizations. Folks misplaced cherished types. I suggest, it was just a tragedy that with any luck , we’ll in no way have to see all over again and the only detail to do now is shift forward,” claimed Mills.

As he claimed, they’re ready to get again to get the job done.

“We serve a ton of workers here and we have a good deal of enterprise with them. So we skip them and we pass up our clients and we’re just completely ready to get back to a tiny little bit of normalcy,” reported Mills.

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