South Fargo restaurant sees huge turnout for reopening following Wednesday shooting

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Fargo, ND) -- South Fargo Mexican Restaurant Plaza Azteca is seeing high traffic for their reopening on Friday.

Plaza Azteca employees started their day with immediate calls for service.

"It's kinda like a 'Cinco De Mayo' right now... our kitchen is literally like packed," said an employee at Plaza Azteca, "The first six minutes of being open we got 40 to-go orders, and then we have a line of people outside right now. 

The restaurant is opening their doors again following a temporary closure on Wednesday and Thursday due to a shooting within their building. You can read more about the incident by clicking here.

The restaurant pledged to donate 50% of their sales on their reopening day to the mother and baby's recovery efforts. You can find a like to their GoFundMe page by clicking here

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff