# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-02-05T18:17:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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Mediterranean Deli is undergoing a significant rebuild after a fire caused $3 million in damage the summer of 2023. But the end may finally be in sight for the business at 410 West Franklin Street.

During an interview with 97.9 The Hill on Tuesday promoting an upcoming fundraiser for Los Angeles fire victims, Mediterranean Deli owner Jamil Kadoura said the latest updates he got from contractors indicate the chance to open in the late spring.

“I had a meeting with the builder today, actually,” Kadoura said. “We are targeting [UNC] graduation day. We were supposed to open a couple months ago, and it didn’t happen for many reasons. The builder told me today they should give me the key at the end of April. He said ‘it’s looking very, very good. We want to try to open you for graduation.’ And I would love to open for graduation.

“It’s starting to make me nervous, to be honest with you,” he added with a laugh. “All this work is coming now, like it used to.”

Kadoura said the experience of rebuilding the space, continuing to run Mediterranean Deli as a catering and takeout operation, and recovering from the fire alongside his employees has taught him “so much” about life, business and community. The popular restaurant received significant public support from patrons and the town government after a roof fire started by contractor work led to dramatic scenes of firefighters fighting a blaze for hours at the restaurant on July 22, 2023. The support, Kadoura said, allowed him to retain most of Med Deli’s full-time employees and the local business community did its best to provide jobs for those who could not wait for the restaurant to reopen. In the meantime, the owner reported catering has been doing well as it operates of out of the former Elaine’s On Franklin space at 454 West Franklin Street.

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