James Beard-nominated Phinney Ridge restaurant shutters after amassing $160K in debt

Sophon, a Cambodian restaurant specializing in Khmer cuisine, has shuttered after the owners accrued more than $160,000 in unpaid debt.

Located in Seattle’s Phinney Ridge neighborhood, the restaurant’s closure comes just one year after earning a nomination for a highly coveted James Beard Award, according to The Puget Sound Business Journal.

Owner Karuna Long had his taxpayers certificate of registration revoked on June 1 by the Washington Department of Revenue, and the reseller permit was eventually voided two days later…

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