Oriental Chinese Restaurant will close next week, and it may not be long before another restaurant moves into the space on Sherman Street. Building owner Tony Girard said the owners of the restaurant cited health concerns as the reason for the closure, not an increase in rent, as some on social media have claimed. Plaindealer photo by Mike Wiggins
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Chinese restaurant to close next week
A popular, long-established restaurant along the main drag through Ridgway will close next week, and plans are already in the works to fill the space.
An employee of Oriental Chinese Restaurant, 565 Sherman St., No. 3, said the restaurant will close Aug. 19, but the reasons behind the shuttering are unclear. The owners of the restaurant didn’t respond to a request for comment this week.
Tony Girard, the manager of Sherman Harren LLC, which owns the building in which the restaurant is located, sa...