Barber’s Shop Automotive Is Back, Rising From The Ashes At New Sacramento Location

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento car store is backmost successful concern aft rising from the ashes of an arson occurrence that sparked past year.

Barber’s Shop Automotive is readying to invited backmost customers this play astatine a caller midtown location—a expansive re-opening solemnisation astir a twelvemonth successful the making.

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“We’re conscionable cleaning up, getting acceptable to person a large enactment here,” said Suntino Soldano, manager astatine Barber’s Shop Automotive.

Last October, an aboriginal greeting occurrence swept done Barber’s Shop Automotive connected 18th Street, wherever they had been successful concern for 42 years.

“That gathering was an icon of midtown,” Soldano said astir the business.

The arson-sparked blaze started successful an alley dumpster and dispersed to the building, destroying astir everything inside. The occurrence adjacent melted their iconic Alfa Romeo sign, a staple of the beloved section business.

“To spot it go, it was heartbreaking,” said Frank Fidler, 1 of the mechanics astatine Barber’s Shop Automotive.

“[The sign] hung close successful the doorway of our aged shop,” said Soldano, erstwhile remembering the damage. “I’m present to hole cars, not archer them their car burned up successful a fire.”

The occurrence was a large fiscal stroke to the locally owned business.

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“It was huge, and successful the mediate of the pandemic, it made things adjacent worse. Literally, we went from having 1 of our champion years successful a agelong clip to having nothing,” Soldano said.

But present they’re acceptable for customers to return.

In a caller determination astatine 16th and F street, Barber’s Shop Automotive is acceptable to emergence again. Their caller determination is different historical gathering that dates backmost to the 1920s and was erstwhile a blacksmith shop. Meanwhile, their aged midtown determination is present going to beryllium the tract of a seven-story flat building.

“My bosom is conscionable blessed to beryllium backmost successful concern and moving again,” Soldano said.

The caller determination besides includes plentifulness of classical car memorabilia, thing the store was celebrated for to statesman with.

“We’re keeping the aforesaid vibe going and I similar that,” said Fidler.

Fidler said he’s acceptable to commencement up successful a caller abstraction and adjacent the doorway connected a setback they anticipation ne'er happens again.

“As acold arsenic I’m concerned, we’re not going anywhere,” said Soldano.

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The solemnisation wrong the caller store is this Sunday astatine noon.

Elizabeth Klinge