A mystery building issue forced a popular Front Street eatery to temporarily shut its doors yesterday.

Holger Eiselt, managing director of Take Five, which operates One29, spoke after pieces of fire-suppressant material started falling from the building’s beams near restaurant customers.

He explained: “A health inspector came at about 8am and ordered us to shut down until we fixed the issue.

“This was not a problem when we first opened [in August] and we don’t know what is causing it.”

Gerry Adams, the restaurant’s executive chef, believes that outside air being let in by automatic doors may have contributed. At least two other businesses are on the ground floor at the building.

Kentis Kishtoo, chief operating officer at Take Five Limited, said: “We met with the health department, the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service and the building managers this morning to see how we could resolve this issue — all the breads that we made this morning will be given to charities such as The Salvation Army and Home, and customers can get our breads at Devil’s Isle on Burnaby Street until we reopen.”

The team hopes to have the business back up and running early next week.

Mr Eiselt added: “We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience, thank them for their support and assure them that we will do everything we can to fix this problem.”

The Royal Gazette reached out to the Department of Health and the BFRS for comment.