Kansas City BBQ goes up in smoke
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Uploaded by corkyboy43 on Jul 19, 2008
SAN DIEGO -- A fire that started in an open cooking pit Thursday at Kansas City Barbeque gutted the landmark Marina area eatery, known for being in the 1986 Tom Cruise movie "Top Gun."
The fire broke out about 2:15 p.m. in the restaurant on West Market Street, located across the street from the Manchester Grand Hyatt hotel towers and near Seaport Village. It initially created so much smoke that clouds of it could be seen billowing behind Petco Park, where the Padres were playing an afternoon baseball game.
A restaurant cook told firefighters the blaze flared up from inside the cooking pit and spread to the rest of the restaurant's interior, despite his efforts to put it out.
A force of six engine companies and two truck companies, 45 firefighters in all, managed to keep the blaze from spreading to an adjoining office building and had the fire knocked down in about 20 minutes.
But there was no saving the restaurant.
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great video , sad story :(
Blackhawk6699 11 months ago
Tom Cruise should live in san diego, since his Scientology building is next to Divorce Court in Downtown
FearAcademy 1 year ago
@woohoomike is it ready to open? did you save a few items ?
miramar9999 1 year ago
i ate there in 1989 and 1990 it was a cool place
every memorabilas from the movie are gone
miramar9999 1 year ago
Hey lucky, how can you give it a bad review if you personally never ate there. That seems like an irresponsible answer. We depend alot on the staff at the Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton and Embassy Suites to help us out as we help them out. Most of the great people at those hotels "get it". Come on in and try our food before you rely on hearsay. You won't be disappointed.
woohoomike 2 years ago
Hey, can I send you one of my police patches to replace the one that I hung on the wall a few years ago?
hootie248 3 years ago 2
It has been 4 months since the fire and I(bartender Mike) am happy to report that KCBBQ will be open in a couple of weeks. Owners Martin and Cindy Blair, and the staff have done a wonderful job getting the KCBBQ ready to open for business. Thank you Martin and Cindy. I can't wait to get behind the new bar and start serving the greatest patrons in the world.
woohoomike 3 years ago
When I saw that on KUSI I was pissed! That place was cool! At least they saved the piano!
repub21 3 years ago