Ottawa restaurant Merivale Fish Market to reopen after devastating fire [Video]

The Merivale Fish Market and Seafood Grill is set to reopen its doors after it was forced to temporarily close from a fire last summer.

“I’m excited to be back,” said owner Anthony Epifano. “But it was a difficult four months.”

The restaurant and shop located at 1480 Merivale Road, will throw open it’s doors to customers on Tuesday.

In July, it was affected by a serious fire, which started in the vacant building next door.

The fire was deemed not suspicious, but it was a serious blow to the shop and restaurant after it had completed a renovation just weeks before.

“I don’t have an exact number,” said Epifano of the total loss. “But definitely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars between fish, between renovations, between damage to the building. It was, something that I hopefully never deal with again.”

Merivale Fish Market after a fire in July

The business has been in operation since 1993, with one half being a restaurant and the other …