Hong Kong Flower Lounge, known for hosting wedding and birthday celebrations inside its vast banquet hall, is set to close at the end of the month, as first reported by KTSF 26.

Manager Albert Yau told SFGATE that the Millbrae restaurant at 51 Millbrae Ave. would host its final service day on Dec. 31.

“The owner of the restaurant is going to retire,” Yau said.

“The landlord is going to remodel and rent it out later,” Yau added without sharing further details.

Hong Kong Flower Lounge is at 51 Millbrae Ave. in Millbrae. The restaurant is set to permanently close Dec. 31, 2022. 

Hong Kong Flower Lounge is at 51 Millbrae Ave. in Millbrae. The restaurant is set to permanently close

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BETHLEHEM TWP., Pa. – A fast-casual restaurant chain is expanding rapidly in the Lehigh Valley.

Wingstop, known for its cooked-to-order classic and boneless chicken wings and chicken tenders, is expected to open its newest area location – its third within the past few months – in the first quarter of 2023 in the Bethlehem Square, 3926 Linden St., Bethlehem Township.

The new eatery, occupying a former Radio Shack space between Giant and Bath & Body Works, is tentatively set to open in mid-February, according to Mike Axiotis, president and CEO of Talon Restaurants LLC, a locally owned and operated Wingstop

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Val’s Restaurant and Lounge, one of Daly City’s classic haunts for dinner and cocktails, will pull the plug on its recognizable neon sign and close its doors by the end of the year.

Val’s co-owner Greg Taylor confirmed to The Chronicle that the business will be closing permanently in December, though a final date has not yet been set. He declined to provide further details.

The closure marks the end of the restaurant’s long history, which dates back to the early 1950s. Taylor’s family took over the business in 1975. Val’s has two sides: a bright, white-tablecloth dining room, and

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A widely popular Vietnamese restaurant known for serving pho with hefty beef short ribs is headed to Palo Alto.

Pho Ha Noi is moving into the large space at 185 University Ave., which for the past five years was the home of actor Mark Wahlberg’s burger chain Wahlburgers. Helen Nguyen, the owner of Pho Ha Noi, shared the announcement to her nearly 13,000 followers on Instagram on Thursday, and told SFGATE that she anticipates a spring 2023 opening.

“We are so excited for a new location [in Palo Alto],” Nguyen told SFGATE. “We would love to introduce non-Vietnamese customers to

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NASHUA, NH — Wondering what there is to do in the Nashua area this week? Patch has you covered with several events and happenings taking place this week throughout Nashua. Here are some events taking place in town this week.


Featured Event: Parenting in the Digital Dystopia, with Author and Psychologist Dr. Loretta L.C. Brady

  • When: Wednesday, November 16th at 7:00 p.m.
  • Where: Nashua Public Library
  • What: In a world increasingly dominated by technology, parents are often left wondering how to best guide their children through its many potential pitfalls. Dr. Loretta L.C. Brady’s new book, Technology Touchpoints, Parenting in
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SAN JOSE — This Sunday, Nov. 13, on “Asian Pacific America” with Robert Handa:

We talk to Mina Fedor (pictured), a Bay Area teenager receiving national recognition from President Biden for her leadership and activist work with AAPI Youth Rising.

The Alameda County Community Food Bank joins us to discuss how its meeting the need in the East Bay ahead of the Nourishing Neighbors Food Drive on Nov. 19 at Bay Area Safeway stores.

We meet a Bay Area teen who had a travel wish granted by Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area and how it helped her medical recovery.

Plus a

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