[ghetto fobolous]

Does anyone know why it's closed? It seems like -- suddenly it's just gone *poof* Too much competition? The Robson location is still opened, AFAIK.

[Mr.Jay]

wtf its closed?

I honestly never liked Hon's anyways

[bcrdukes]

WTF no way?!?!?!?!?!?

My family and I would always go there!

[Bender Unit]

May be "renovation"

[Jer3]

don't quote me on this but, i believe my parents said before there was some internal dispute.

[gnat.]

^ I heard about that from my mom too... The successors fighting over their family business and what not. But the richmond location has been closed down for a while now. At least 3 weeks!
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[ae101]

they say it's renovating but i think it's closed for good cuz they has taxes problems, i dun think they pay there taxes for a long time

[TomBox_N]

All Hon's are closed. I heard it's due to some bad investments. But yea, Hon's is no more, for now at least

[hotong]

I thought they were closed for renovations, didn't know they were closing down.

[hal0g0dv2]

w0w that blows

[murd0c]

all are closed? man I always go there for lunch (the one in poco)

[ah_cat]

Heard that they were gonna close down a few mths back; something about not enough money to pay their workers?

[n1smo]

their pot stickers!!!

even the hon's sign is not on anymore

[hirevtuner]

the Hon's owner owed over $500,000 in back taxes to CRA for undisclosed income
they have been borrowing money just to pay the workers wages, workers haven't got paid for so long

chinese ppl, cash business, under the table shady business and unfortunately they were caught by the government

[bcrdukes]

^
Source?

[hotong]

their pot stickers!!!

even the hon's sign is not on anymore

yah their pot stickers were so good.

[hirevtuner]

^
Source?

very vague info but explains why:
http://www.theprovince.com/House+workers+make+unpaid+wages+claim/2041075/story.html

[YK86]

Went to the one in Coquitlam today for dinner and they were open as usual.

[miss_crayon]

heard through the grapevine that hons is tanking big time. i didn't mind hons actually, it was a quick fix to some bbq duck noodles.

[SkinnyPupp]

I remember I was driving behind Hon's in Richmond once, and I saw a delivery truck unloading stock into the restaurant. A barrel of white powder (salt or flour or MSG) fell over, and spilled all over the floor of the truck. The delivery guy just swept it all back into the barrel, right off the floor.

And I have never eaten at Hon's since.

[gnat.]

^ gross!!!! Good thing I haven't been there in over 10 years!!!!
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[TomBox_N]

The hons in dt is actually decent. It's a place vegetarians go cuz they use a different kitchen for vegetarian food so meat won't get mixed in
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[.Renn.Sport]

hon's sucks anyways

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

hon is ghetto and shitty

[hotong]

I remember I was driving behind Hon's in Richmond once, and I saw a delivery truck unloading stock into the restaurant. A barrel of white powder (salt or flour or MSG) fell over, and spilled all over the floor of the truck. The delivery guy just swept it all back into the barrel, right off the floor.

And I have never eaten at Hon's since.

w0w... thats disgusting.

[buddy]

^ that was just floor washing detergent powders


btw, I love their pork pot stickers ..

[SlySi]

Im actually happy Hon's is gone. Food was crap. And potstickers was crap.

[fliptuner]

all are closed? man I always go there for lunch (the one in poco)

Westwood? I just ate there on Tuesday.

[Overseas Auto1]

Does anyone know why it's closed? It seems like -- suddenly it's just gone *poof* Too much competition? The Robson location is still opened, AFAIK.

I phoned them. They say they are closed for remodel. I talked to Danny's in the Ironwood Mall. they think they are finished totally

[stuff99]

Hon's have been suffering from bad investments.

[winson604]

Imo who cares. Real chinese people don't go to Hons yo.

[keifun]

ahh really? I went to the one in New West couple weeks ago. It was ok, the waitress that served us was pretty cute.:thumbsup:

[blee123]

Imo who cares. Real chinese people don't go to Hons yo.

yea so true, we call those "fake" chinese food to fool white ppl cause all they order is "fried rice" or "sweet and sour pork"

[AVS_Racing]

LOL i thought this thread was Hoe's in Richmond :haha: they went broke(bad investments from what i heard), and real chinese ppl dont go there lol.

[bcrdukes]

Some of you may not care which is fine, but there are some of us out there who feel that Hon's is a Vancouver institution which has been around for 35+ years. For those who lived and grew up in Chinatown would understand. I lived and grew up in Chinatown for 14 years. My parents and I came to Canada as immigrants with $25 and a suitcase full of clothes. Yes, I'm a FOB. I speak no English, lah~!!11oneone. The first restaurant my family and I went to when we earned enough money - you guessed it correctly - mother fucking Hon's, bitches.

To us, it was an experience and a part of cultural identity. All the immigrants back in the day went to Hon's. Why? Because the owners knew and understood how hard it was to earn a dollar back then. Also, they understood that as immigrants, our English wasn't all that great so nobody in reality could have been working white collar jobs to eat at nicer Chinese restaurants. Where else in town could you get a bowl of wonton noodles for $3.25 back then? As ghetto as some of you may think Hon's may be, it will always mean something to people out there. I'm sure that people like Turbo E and 89blackcivic would probably agree if he ever came over to the VLS side.

So ultimately, yes, the food at Hon's isn't top notch 5-star Chinese cuisine but you also have to accept that to a lot of people, Hon's is an institution and a part of the Chinese cultural identity in Vancouver.

[fliptuner]

Bingo

[hotong]

Some of you may not care which is fine, but there are some of us out there who feel that Hon's is a Vancouver institution which has been around for 35+ years. For those who lived and grew up in Chinatown would understand. I lived and grew up in Chinatown for 14 years. My parents and I came to Canada as immigrants with $25 and a suitcase full of clothes. Yes, I'm a FOB. I speak no English, lah~!!11oneone. The first restaurant my family and I went to when we earned enough money - you guessed it correctly - mother fucking Hon's, bitches.

To us, it was an experience and a part of cultural identity. All the immigrants back in the day went to Hon's. Why? Because the owners knew and understood how hard it was to earn a dollar back then. Also, they understood that as immigrants, our English wasn't all that great so nobody in reality could have been working white collar jobs to eat at nicer Chinese restaurants. Where else in town could you get a bowl of wonton noodles for $3.25 back then? As ghetto as some of you may think Hon's may be, it will always mean something to people out there. I'm sure that people like Turbo E and 89blackcivic would probably agree if he ever came over to the VLS side.

So ultimately, yes, the food at Hon's isn't top notch 5-star Chinese cuisine but you also have to accept that to a lot of people, Hon's is an institution and a part of the Chinese cultural identity in Vancouver.


+1 !!

[bcrdukes]

I drove by the Hon's in Richmond today. Their location has a "For Lease" sign up so I don't think they're renovating.

[hal0g0dv2]

Some of you may not care which is fine, but there are some of us out there who feel that Hon's is a Vancouver institution which has been around for 35+ years. For those who lived and grew up in Chinatown would understand. I lived and grew up in Chinatown for 14 years. My parents and I came to Canada as immigrants with $25 and a suitcase full of clothes. Yes, I'm a FOB. I speak no English, lah~!!11oneone. The first restaurant my family and I went to when we earned enough money - you guessed it correctly - mother fucking Hon's, bitches.

To us, it was an experience and a part of cultural identity. All the immigrants back in the day went to Hon's. Why? Because the owners knew and understood how hard it was to earn a dollar back then. Also, they understood that as immigrants, our English wasn't all that great so nobody in reality could have been working white collar jobs to eat at nicer Chinese restaurants. Where else in town could you get a bowl of wonton noodles for $3.25 back then? As ghetto as some of you may think Hon's may be, it will always mean something to people out there. I'm sure that people like Turbo E and 89blackcivic would probably agree if he ever came over to the VLS side.

So ultimately, yes, the food at Hon's isn't top notch 5-star Chinese cuisine but you also have to accept that to a lot of people, Hon's is an institution and a part of the Chinese cultural identity in Vancouver.

:cry:

[SkinnyPupp]

Some of you may not care which is fine, but there are some of us out there who feel that Hon's is a Vancouver institution which has been around for 35+ years. For those who lived and grew up in Chinatown would understand. I lived and grew up in Chinatown for 14 years. My parents and I came to Canada as immigrants with $25 and a suitcase full of clothes. Yes, I'm a FOB. I speak no English, lah~!!11oneone. The first restaurant my family and I went to when we earned enough money - you guessed it correctly - mother fucking Hon's, bitches.

To us, it was an experience and a part of cultural identity. All the immigrants back in the day went to Hon's. Why? Because the owners knew and understood how hard it was to earn a dollar back then. Also, they understood that as immigrants, our English wasn't all that great so nobody in reality could have been working white collar jobs to eat at nicer Chinese restaurants. Where else in town could you get a bowl of wonton noodles for $3.25 back then? As ghetto as some of you may think Hon's may be, it will always mean something to people out there. I'm sure that people like Turbo E and 89blackcivic would probably agree if he ever came over to the VLS side.

So ultimately, yes, the food at Hon's isn't top notch 5-star Chinese cuisine but you also have to accept that to a lot of people, Hon's is an institution and a part of the Chinese cultural identity in Vancouver.
Good post. I used to go there for wonton noodle soup. It was pretty good, and authentic. I wouldn't call them ghetto though, a bowl of wontons costs over $7 IIRC!

I don't know why the people above started talking about western chinese food, Hon's has nothing to do with that.

[Ikkaku]

It's not like Hon's is the only place that serves sweet and sour pork and lemon/orange chicken.

Are you going to criticize all the restaraunts that have those items on their menu?

My family would go there for a quick dinner every now and then. Actually, we were there about 2-3 months ago. I noticed the business decreasing pretty quickly after the implementation of the floor managers :lol

[murd0c]

I go there every couple weeks to get 12 potstickers panfried and a bowl or wonton soup damm it's the best around.

I normally pick up a bag of potstickers to cook at home, the trick it to put water on them to steam them, damm they are good and that vinegar dip is awesome.

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

hons is overated

[Overseas Auto1]

I just talked to Hons management. All the stores except Richmond continue to be open and operate.