Lava bread, anyone? Pompeii snack bar rises from ashes after 2,000 years

Roman thermopolium destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD79 has been restored

THE LAST patrons who stood at the L-shaped counter of Pompeii's best-known snack bar eating the house-speciality – baked cheese smothered in honey – had to leave in a hurry owing to violent volcanic activity. But after an unforeseen break in business of 1,921 years, the former holiday hotspot of ancient Rome's in-crowd will finally re-open for business this weekend.

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