Authored By chloe.morrison

T-Bone’s Café is closed until further notice because of structural problems in the kitchen.

“Following the business owner’s request for an interior inspection, an inspector found that the floor supporting the kitchen area was deteriorated to the point of imminent collapse,” land development office administrator Dallas Rucker said via email.

Representatives of the establishment couldn’t immediately be reached.

Officials sent a letter to the property owner and gave them 30 days to hire an engineer and contractor to start the process of fixing the rotten floor system and support piers, he also said.

Officials also allowed for a weeklong extension after the original 30 days.

“During the follow-up inspection, inspectors declared the kitchen area a dangerous structure and issued a correction notice stating not to use the kitchen area until the floor could be fixed,” Rucker also said.

As of Tuesday afternoon, land development office officials were not aware of any permit application that had been submitted to remedy the problem.

A sign on the door says “closed until further notice,” and the phone number to the business is “not accepting calls at this time.”