May 20 In the Rhos Island’s popular Rhos Island fire in South Kingstown, South Kingstown, the restaurant was closed and was probably a loss.
According to the USA Today 2025 Restaurants List, Matunuck Oyster Bar has recently been assigned one of 44 places to eat in America.
After the fire, the Bon Street Market in Narragansett, home to four casual restaurants, closed the door to the general public for several hours to give Matunuck Oyster bar workers and the first persons responding free food and drinks.
Many of those first answers began to fight fire until Tuesday at 4 p.m. The restaurant staff ended their shifts only a few hours earlier.
That’s what we know about the fire:
The fire was probably destroyed by the Matunuca Oyster strip in the southern Kingstown of 2025. May 20
What caused a fire in Matunuca’s oyster bar?
The members of the State Fire Marshal Service are investigated and the researchers were visible to combed through the remains of the building on May 20 to find the cause of the fire.
The South Kingstown Police Department and the Union Fire Firefighters’ Fire Marshal Service cooperates with the investigation.
Is the Matunuck Oyster bar closed?
Steve Pinch, CEO of Union Fire, said the fire had seriously damaged the 2.5 -story building.
“I think they will probably have to remove the building and start again,” he said on May 20th.
When did the fire begin?
Firefighters found a “large amount of fire” derived from the 2½ -storey Matunuca Oyster strip back and second floor when they responded at 4 o’clock in the morning, Pinch said. He said the firefighters called about 3:44 and were there in 8 minutes.
Initially, the fire led to a strong wind, “when firefighters aggressively attacked the flame,” the union firefighter district said in a press release. The fire reached the emptiness of the building, making the fire extinguishing more difficult, the fire service said.
Owner Perry Raso is “painful”
Perry, owner of Matunuck Oyster Bar, published a report through a representative, first thanks to firefighters who responded to an early morning flame. “Although the damage of our building is devastating to me, our guardians and employees, we are very grateful that no one was injured,” he said.
Raso said he was working closely with the Department of Labor and Training, Governor’s Office and other public officials to help Matunuck Oyster Bar more than 300 full -time and seasonal workers. He also thanked all neighbors, guardians, partners, colleagues and friends from Rhodes from the island and beyond that contacted the offers to help. “We are humiliated by the goodness of this community and we try to explore the most effective and spectacular opportunities to ensure that our employees get help at this difficult time,” Raso said.
“We are humble and grateful for what Matunuck Oyster Bar reflects so many people,” he said.
Restaurant owners, the reaction of the Chamber of Commerce
“Our hearts go to Perry also find his employees,” James Petrella, the owner of Narragansett, a Jimmy’s Port Side restaurant, wrote on Facebook.
“Please contact me if you guys need something,” Petrella wrote, adding your phone number.
The South Rhodes of Island Trade Chamber on Facebook wrote: “Our thoughts come with Perry and the entire Matunuck Oyster Bar team after the devastating fire overnight. As soon as the summer season began, this beloved local business was very affected. We know how strong and more resistant to our community and we will want to recover them quickly. ”
Matunuck Oyster Bar recently called one of the best restaurants in the country
Matunuck Oyster Bar is one of the most popular Rhode Island restaurants and, according to the US Today, the 2025 restaurant list, one of the 44 best places to eat in America.
How did Matunuck Oyster Bar have started its activities?
Perry Raso started the restaurant as an extension of his oyster growing business in 2009.
2002 He founded the Matunuc Oyster Farm 7 -acre commercial aquaculture lease in Potter pond in Eastern Mutunuck, a village in the South Kingstown.
Since 2009 He needed a dock, Raso bought a small seasonal restaurant inlet and he grew out of there.
This article initially appeared in Providence Journal: Matunuck Oyster Bar: Rhode Island Community Rallies, owner rebuilt