After a fire shut down McDade’s Scales’ Cafe earlier this month, the owners are looking forward to reopening and continuing to provide a place for food and community.Scales’ Cafe opened in November 2019 at 1606 U.S. Highway 290 in McDade, next to M-N-J Grocery, serving Cajun food and home-style cooking. As the only restaurant in McDade, it soon became an important gathering place for the community.Scales’ Cafe owners Sherman and Larissa Scales said they received a call at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday, February 5 that the restaurant was on fire. It seems like the fire started with a wall panel ...