Clearwater’s beloved Asian Pearl Chinese Restaurant has done the culinary equivalent of a wrestler’s surprise return: it is back, it is hungry, and it wants you to know that yes, the phone number still works.
After a long hiatus and a full relocation, Asian Pearl has reopened at 301 S Belcher Rd in Clearwater. It was most recently open in late 2023 at 2551 Drew Street.
Often, restaurants don’t “move locations” so much as they “enter a mysterious fog and never return.” After nearly a full year away, Asian Pearl did return, which qualifies as a minor holiday miracle, just with more MSG and fewer angels. Expect the same menu promises, just with a new front door…