Mercury News readers named Double D’s Sports Grille in downtown Los Gatos the “Best Sports Bar in Silicon Valley” for 16 years running, but that record came to an abrupt halt when the popular hangout was gutted by fire in April 2016.

But Double D’s is coming back soon, with re-construction of the building expected to be completed by late August or early September. The re-opening is targeted for sometime in October since owners Darin and Dean Devincenzi plan to spend a month training employees.

“It’s still a little early to know for sure when we’ll re-open, but we’re full steam ahead,” Dean Devincenzi said. “We’re about three-quarters done.”

The re-building effort took a weird twist in February 2017 when construction workers unearthed four tombstones buried on the site, which was once the town’s graveyard.

The caskets buried there were dug up beginning in 1890 and moved across town to Los Gatos Memorial Park. But those four tombstones were somehow left behind and were re-buried last year on the Double D’s property.

Although construction was slightly delayed by 2017’s heavy winter rains, Devincenzi said negotiations with the building’s owner over “who would pay for what” caused a months-long delay.

The new Double D’s will probably have a new dynamic, Devincenzi said, with a long counter bisecting the bar and dining area. The counter seating will offer a birds-eye view of some of the more than two dozen TV’s that will be mounted on walls.

“We had 22 TVs before and we haven’t decided yet how many to put in, but it will be at least 25,” Devincenzi said. “It really doesn’t matter if there’s anything on TV — that’s just gravy for us. We always want to be known as a place to eat.”

Although the menu hasn’t been finalized, there will be typical sports pub fare like burgers and wings, plus sandwiches and pasta dishes.

“I’d like to avoid fried foods and create our own path,” Devincenzi said.

He expects to hire as many as 75 cooks, wait staff, bussers and others, some of whom are former employees “eager” to come back to work.

One big change patrons will notice is that the new Double D’s will not have any pool tables, a move that’s expected to help keep noise levels down.