SNOHOMISH, Wash. — A beloved restaurant in Snohomish, Jake’s Cafe on Second Street, has been forced to close indefinitely after an accidental fire caused extensive smoke damage to everything in the building.
The fire, which broke out on Nov. 4 around 8 p.m., occurred when the diner was closed. No one was inside. Quick-thinking people passing by noticed smoke and called 911, alerting authorities to the emergency.
“I got a text message with a screenshot from a Facebook post the Snohomish Fire Department put out. You could see Jake’s in the background with the front door open and smoke coming out,” Nicki Shaw, whose family has operated the cafe for more than 22 years, said. She’s the manager. Her mother, Donna Larson, is the owner.
Initially, Shaw had hoped the closure would be temporary, estimating a few days or perhaps a couple of weeks for repairs. However, more than six weeks later, the café remains closed with no set timeline for reopening. The extensive smoke damage forced the family to strip down the interior, complicating their efforts to reopen…