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The Castile Diner was a big part of the community in the Village of Castile.<\/p>\n
It was a meeting place where everyone felt welcome.<\/p>\n
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Lila Emmons stopped here to eat quite a bit with her mother.<\/p>\n
“It was a really nice place,” says Emmons, a lifetime resident of Castile.<\/p>\n
“They knew their customers, they took the time to talk with you, they knew a lot of the people, they didn’t just take your order and walk away.”<\/p>\n
With the loss of the Castile Diner, Village residents will not have much of choice for dining out.<\/p>\n
In 2012, Lorraine’s Place burned down after a fire consumed the building that housed the Castile Town and Village offices. The cause of that fire was determined to be arson.<\/p>\n
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“To see this, oh my God.”<\/p>\n
“I didn’t want to believe it, this place has been here so long.”<\/p>\n
According to Emmons, the recent operator of the restaurant, Amy Goodenow, put a lot of work into getting the place up and running over a year ago.<\/p>\n
“It’s sad. They have struggled with this,\u00a0 they met a lot of roadblocks to get this place open.”<\/p>\n
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“To see this end result, I don’t know if they will try to put it back up again.”<\/p>\n
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WYOMING COUNTY\/Castile<\/p>\n
Restaurant a total loss in overnight fire<\/p>\n
Six fire companies responded to a structure fire at the Castile Diner on 125 S. Main street in the Village of Castile a little before 1 a.m. Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
According to To the Wyoming County Emergency Management Office, the building, owned by Steve Getis, is a total loss.<\/p>\n
No one was injured in the fire.<\/p>\n
The operator of the restaurant was Amy Goodenow.<\/p>\n
The estimated loss is about $150,000.<\/p>\n
Fire crews from Castile, Pike, Silver Springs, Nunda, Gainesville and Bliss were on scene for about 4 1\/2 hours.<\/p>\n
The cause remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The Castile Diner was a big part of the community in the Village of Castile. It was a meeting place where everyone felt welcome. Lila Emmons stopped here to eat quite a bit with her mother. “It was a really nice place,” says Emmons, a lifetime resident of Castile. “They \u2026<\/p>\n