Fairhope has lost another restaurant to fire. The Supper Club at Sweetwater Branch, a member only supper club, suffered catastrophic damage after an early morning fire July 15.

According to the Fairhope Volunteer Fire Department the department, Fairhope Police and Medstar were dispatched to the Scenic Highway 98 establishment at 1:30 a.m. Daphne and Barnwell fire departments also responded. Crews began working to extinguish the fire and left the scene around 6 a.m. There were no injuries, but the building suffered extreme damage.

This is the second restaurant fire in the last 12 months. The Fairhope McDonald's location suffered a catastrophic fire on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, …

Crews returned at approximately 8 a.m. due to reports the fire had rekindled.

The Supper Club at Sweetwater Branch is owned by Cooper Restaurants, a division of the Cooper Group of Companies founded by brothers David J. Cooper Sr. and Angus R. Cooper II. The restaurant group owns and operates Felix’s Fish Camp Grill, Bluegill and Ruth’s Chris Steak House – Mobile.

By the afternoon of July 15, the building had been surrounded by a chain link fence to keep out the curious public and crime scene tape was still present. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Gulf Coast Media has reached out to Cooper Restaurants for comment and will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.