Chili’s Restaurant management team hardly missed a beat Friday by opening their facility for dinner with a packed crowd after an estimated $100,000 blaze at the crack of dawn shut down their operation for most of the day.There were an estimated 250 diners that had to be turned away throughout the day at the 2262 Daniels Street Stadium Retail Shopping Center location.The suspicious 6 a.m. fire was reported by a half dozen commuters on their cell phones while driving down the Highway 120 Bypass. The fire brought six fire engines and 15 career personnel to the scene from both the Manteca City Fire Department and the Lathrop-Manteca Rural Fire District.Firefighters within minutes attacked the flames that shot some 15 feet above the roof from ground level while other firemen were clamoring onto the roof of the structure. The 100-foot aerial ladder truck was not available because it had been browned out for the day as part of the strategy to deal with budget cutbacks.Tell-tale smoke continued to linger throughout the restaurant up until the noon hour.