Reader Glenn J. let me know that Madam Lu Chinese Restaurant at 3524 State Street is closing permanently at the end of September. “I have been running this restaurant for almost three decades and business slowed significantly this year,” says owner/founder Mei-Jung Lu. “This is not happening to just Madam Lu. I have friends that own local restaurants and things have been slow for them as well.” I am told that the decision was made recently and that no future tenant has been lined up for the space.
Born in Taiwan, Lu was introduced to the art of “Country-Style Chinese Cooking” because her family owned a local restaurant. She believes this type of cooking set her apart from other Chinese restaurants in town because of its down-home taste. Arriving in the states decades ago, she worked for a lot of people in Santa Barbara. She eventually realized enough knowledge had been gained to open her own restaurant.
Photo by The Restaurant Guy
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