Lakeside Pub & Grill in Cudahy is closed until further notice after an early morning fire damaged the building.

As the smell of smoke still hung in the air Thursday afternoon, a sign in front of the boarded-up business at 3800 E. Layton Ave. stated: “The hardest times make the strongest people.” Another sign thanked customers for their support and well wishes. Workers from a fire restoration firm were busy boarding up windows and placing tarps along the side entrance, and a few employees and others watched from the street. Motorists passed by slowly or briefly stopped to check out the scene.

Firefighters were called to the establishment at 6:18 a.m. Thursday for a report of smoke, Cudahy Battalion Fire Chief Justin Piper told Milwaukee Magazine . His vehicle was the first to arrive at

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