Firewire

It's been a bad month for restaurant fires, with recent casualty Little Henry's joining Maverick on the list of restaurants felled by fire. Berkeley Japanese spot Norikonoko is the latest to incur bad luck: it's been hit with a fire that's left enough smoke damage to keep the restaurant closed for the next six to eight months. Here's hoping that's the end of fire-related restaurant closures for the year. [EBX]