{"id":384026,"date":"2026-01-02T18:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/384026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T18:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:42:07","slug":"mandarin-closing-yonge-eglinton-location-after-35-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/384026\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandarin closing Yonge-Eglinton location after 35 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mandarin is planning to shutter one of its buffet-style restaurants in Midtown Toronto, after serving meals there for more than three decades. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The location at Yonge and Eglinton, adjacent to Eglinton Station, is set to close mid-January. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The restaurant, which opened in 1991, announced that it is shutting down for good due to redevelopment in the area and its lease expiring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Since opening, <a href=\"https:\/\/mandarinrestaurant.com\/locations\/yonge\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/mandarinrestaurant.com\/locations\/yonge\/\">Mandarin Yonge<\/a>\u2019s management and staff says they have been \u201cproud to serve the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cLike all our locations, Mandarin Yonge has been part of numerous customer celebrations and special moments,\u201d the website announcement reads. \u201cIt will live on in the memories of many. \u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mandarin did not say whether or not it plans to open another location elsewhere in midtown, or what will happen with staff at that location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThank you for your patronage over the years,\u201d the announcement reads. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Yonge and Eglinton has seen major changes in the area over the years, from major condo projects to the belabored construction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/eglinton-crosstown-update-will-come-late-january-chow-says-no-opening-before-then\/#:~:text=Eglinton%20Crosstown%20update,end%20of%202025.\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/eglinton-crosstown-update-will-come-late-january-chow-says-no-opening-before-then\/#:~:text=Eglinton%20Crosstown%20update,end%20of%202025.\">the Eglinton Crosstown LRT<\/a> (which still does not have a set opening date, after nearly 15 years).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The store will continue to accept reservations and serve diners up until Jan. 18, which is its final day of operation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mandarin is planning to shutter one of its buffet-style restaurants in Midtown Toronto, after serving meals there for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[712,45,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-384026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}