( CNN ) -- A floating restaurant along the banks of the Ohio River in Covington , Kentucky , broke free from its moorings Thursday and drifted several hundred yards downriver , according to Assistant Fire Chief Chris Black . Jeff Ruby 's Waterfront Restaurant -- which has sweeping views of downtown Cincinnati -- separated from the shoreline and floated downriver , striking the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge , which carries U.S . Routes 42 and 127 , and spinning around in the process . `` The part that was facing Kentucky is now facing Cincinnati '' said the restaurant 's owner , Jeff Ruby . The restaurant is currently being held in place by two tug boats and a barge , according to Ruby , preventing it from ramming into the aging Brent Spence Bridge . `` The tugs will keep it ( in place ) overnight and then we have two more ( boats ) coming in the morning . '' Ruby says the plan is for them to gently guide the restaurant a few miles downriver to a secure dock in Hebron , Kentucky . Ruby told CNN that one of his employees was walking the 110-foot ramp that connects the floating restaurant to the dock when `` he heard cable popping and snapping . '' Moments later , the dock end of the ramp plunged into the icy water . Ruby says the worker was able to scramble to safety , while another worker inside the restaurant was rescued about an hour later . This is not the first time that Jeff Ruby 's Waterfront Restaurant has floated away . In fact , the restaurant has been closed since March 2011 , when the same thing happened with 83 patrons inside , according to Black .
Jeff Ruby 's Waterfront Restaurant escaped from its barge on the Ohio River . The floating restaurant is being held in place on the Ohio River until it can be relocated . The restaurant has been closed since shortly after it broke free with 83 people inside .