Toronto, Canada's 59-year-old Chinese restaurant will go out of business

Chinanews.com, March 4th, according to a report by the Ming Pao newspaper in Canada. Recently, a Chinese restaurant popular with diners was located near the junction of Butters Street on Highway 401 in North York, Toronto. For various reasons, such as changing the property into a retail store, it was decided to officially close and close on March 8.

The Chinese restaurant, called Sea-Hi Famous Chinese Restaurant, is one of Toronto's well-known Chinese restaurants. The owner of the restaurant issued a notice on social media a few days ago stating that the restaurant's last business day was February 29.

However, residents of the community encouraged them to negotiate with restaurant owners to delay the closing time for one week. With the consent of the owner, the restaurant is now officially closed for business on March 8.

The owner of the Chinese restaurant, Stanley Chui, is 59 years old. His daughter said that the restaurant was closed because the owner wanted to turn the property into a retail store, and her father was preparing to retire. Five adult children also had their own businesses. No one was interested in taking over the time-consuming family business So closed the restaurant.

Stanley Chui tried to sell a restaurant business for $ 100,000 in 2019, but no one wanted to take over.

Sea-Hi Famous Chinese Restaurant was originally run by a Chinese-American woman named Edna Chan. It opened as early as 1955. The original location of the restaurant was near the junction with Geddas Street, Bay Street, Chinatown, Toronto.

Edna Chan opened a second restaurant at its current location at 3645 Buttes Street in 1961, and closed a restaurant in Chinatown, Central, a year later. Stanley Chui bought the restaurant's business in 1977 and ran the restaurant with his family.

Many of the diners patronizing the Chinese restaurant are Jews. Former Toronto Mayor Lai Shimin is a regular customer. Other celebrities who frequent the restaurant include: former Finance Minister Robert Caplan, Citytv Television Mark Dailey and singer Alannah Myles. In 2017, a film by the award-winning filmmaker Colin Firth was filmed in the restaurant.

Many diners expressed their dissatisfaction and sadness through social media after learning that the store was about to close. A diner named Randy Brill said: "Originally Katz's Deli, now Sea-Hi, always supports independent restaurants, not chain restaurants."