Atascadero Denny’s set for October opening

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  Restaurant owner Ali Tabrizi said he had hoped to be able to reopen the Denny’s on Madonna Road before the end of the year, but now that doesn’t seem likely. “We have to rebuild basically everything,” Tabrizi said. “It’s going to be all new. But it will take more time than we thought.”

  He did not give a specific repair cost, but said, “It will be expensive.” Tabrizi hopes work will be completed in the first quarter of 2012.

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