A Japanese chain with hundreds of restaurants throughout southeast Asia has quietly shuttered one of its few Canadian locations.
Pepper Lunch, which specializes in what it calls "DIY teppan," has over 200 locations in Japan, where it was founded, and hundreds more across countries like China, Indonesia, and Thailand.
In Canada, there were three as of last year, two in Richmond in one in Vancouver on Cambie Street near West 6th Avenue. One Richmond location, on No. 3 Road, closed last year.
Now its Cambie Street location has followed, closing earlier this month. A sign on the door simply says "closed" and invites people to visit the last remaining Canadian Pepper Lunch at the Central at Garden City mall.
Fast replacement
The space at 2323 Cambie St. won't stay empty for long, though.
Wooden Fish, a modern Vietnamese restaurant in West Vancouver, is launching a new project in the recently vacated space. The off-shoot venture is called Pho and Roll is expected to open this summer, according to signs in the window.
Details haven't been shared by the restaurant yet, but the current Wooden Fish menu has a variety of spring rolls, salad rolls, and a couple of different types of pho.
