Bella Italia closed until further notice in downtown Cape

This story is updated.

Bella Italia Restaurant, a downtown Cape Girardeau culinary mainstay since 2003, remains closed until further notice, as the establishment continues to deal with what its Facebook page called equipment problems.

The seven-day-a-week Italian eatery at 20 N. Spanish St. temporarily shut down Oct. 24.

Brittney Dirnberger, Bella Italia co-owner, said the restaurant is collaborating with Dutch Enterprises and the City of Cape Girardeau to find and repair the source of a water main issue and has no projected date for reopening at this time,

Bella Italia was rebuilt after a damaging March 19, 2005, fire caused by an improperly discarded cigarette.

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