West Blue Mound Blues
Construction zone hits some businesses harder than others.
Two months into construction, West Blue Mound Road businesses report a range of repercussions – from negligible impact for some to threatening the survival of one family-owned restaurant. Lisa Wong, manager of the Peony Chinese Restaurant at 11120 W. Blue Mound Rd., said the 11-year-old business is in a fragile state due to the construction chaos. With a 50 percent drop in business since construction began in early June, she said, the restaurant now closes an hour earlier and is struggling to survive. "We try the best we can. We try in many ways, but it didn't work," Wong said. The restaurant offered additional specials and advertised more than it ever has. Now, those advertising dollars have dried up, Wong said, along with a sizeable …
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jbw
12:56 pm on Saturday, September 3, 2011
Peony had a large regular lunch crowd eight years ago, but they lost business to the newer pricier places over the years. I know their quality went way downhill a couple of years ago. I loved the lunch special I'd had there of a great sweet and sour chicken with a cup of soup, eggroll, piece of crab rangoon, and an exquisite apricot sauce. When I went there the last time, they instead served me a… more ›