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Ann Arbor’s Earthen Jar restaurant temporarily closed after Monday fire

No one injured

An Ann Arbor Fire Department truck is parked outside the Forest Avenue Parking Structure, where wet drills are taking place on June 3, 2021. In the distance, more trainings are taking place at University Towers. (Meredith Bruckner)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Just before 2 p.m. on Monday, firefighters put out another fire in the building that houses downtown’s Earthen Jar restaurant.

Ann Arbor Fire Department officials said the fire was only in the back of the second floor but smoke was throughout the entire building at 311 South Fifth Avenue.

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No one was in the building at the time of the fire and only the second floor was damaged.

Earthen Jar will be closed until assessed by the Washtenaw Couth Health Department, officials said.

The same part of the building caught on fire in December 2022 and the eatery was plagued by break-ins last year.

The fire is under investigation.

Here’s video from after the fire:


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Sarah has worked for WDIV since June 2018. She covers community events, good eats and small businesses in Ann Arbor and has a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics from Grand Valley State University.

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