Kam Lung restaurant poised for return
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This article was published 22/02/2020 (2233 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A former staple of Brandon’s dining scene appears to be making a comeback after a two-year absence.
As first noticed by a poster on eBrandon, signs labelled “Kam Lung Asian Cuisine” have been installed on the building at 1650 Park Ave. that was last home to Astoria Pizza & Pasta.
Kam Lung Restaurant was owned by Sergio and Susan Lee for 37 years before selling the business to Patrick and Nan Sun in 2010. The 2330 Victoria Ave. location ended up closing in early 2018, and the building is now occupied by the second Kim’s Asian Restaurant location in town.
In 2007, the original incarnation of the business made news after the business was robbed by a couple of masked thieves who aimed a sawed-off shotgun at Sergio’s head.
The Sun was unable to find contact information for Patrick and Nan Sun, but a Facebook post on Sergio Lee’s account on Thursday indicated this new incarnation of Kam Lung will once again be under the Suns’ ownership.
Landon Trotter, who is part of the ownership group for the land the building is on, as well as the adjacent Wendy’s, said on Friday he was unable to comment on the activity at the building but added he may be able to say more next week.
The building that Kam Lung is moving into has been a bit of a restaurant graveyard. In 2013, the longstanding Gulliver’s Grill restaurant was sold to a new ownership group that transformed it into Blü Restaurant.
When Blü ended up closing in 2017, the building eventually became the home of the revived Astoria Pizza & Pasta in September 2018, which reopened after originally closing in 2006. However, Astoria closed by April 2019. There was talk of Gulliver’s returning to the space after Blü closed, but those plans never materialized.
The Trotter family had business involvements with both Blü Restaurant and Astoria Pizza & Pasta. Last year, Landon Trotter’s name was attached for a conditional variance permit application submitted to the City of Brandon asking for permission to install an electronic advertising sign on the property, which was eventually accepted.
A sign at the edge of the property says an expansion is planned for the building, but as the render shown on the sign shows the building as Blü, it may merely be an old sign.
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