Karin Tucker said seeing her business ravaged by fire and smoke was surreal and demoralizing.
“You just don’t realize the damage a fire can have on your psyche,” Tucker said of the January 2014 blaze at Biscottis, the landmark Avondale eatery she co-owns with Barbara Bredehoeft.
But, Tucker said, within 45 minutes of calling Paul Davis Restoration of North Florida, co-owner Marguerite Mumford was there with coffee, doughnuts and assurances that Biscottis would quickly rebound from the $500,000 blaze.
Marguerite and Mike Mumford own the local restoration company, which had an emergency crew there by daybreak.