To enter its parking lot, customers have to come in through South Frio or West Houston.Īlmost a year into the construction,” Lim said, “They’re still calling here, asking us if we’re still open.”

Golden Star’s main entrance off West Commerce was cut off by major street construction as part of the 2017 bond.

She said the pandemic was bad enough, yet even then, “We were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.”Īnd then Lim said, “Here comes the construction.” “On a day-to-day basis, we are contemplating if we can still hang on,” Lim said. Yet the restaurant’s 90-year legacy on the West Side is now in jeopardy, said Bo Jean Lim, its owner.

Ortiz said they went to the Golden Star’s original locations further up West Commerce, known for its trifecta menu of American, Chinese and Mexican food. “When I was a little boy, my dad used to bring me here. There is the scientifically spellbinding Science Museum around 25 minutes' walk away, and Green Line Coaches nearly a 5-minute walk to the property.SAN ANTONIO – After a celebration marking its 90th anniversary on Saturday, nearly all the tables at the Golden Star Café were filled on Monday with the kind of lunch crowd it hadn’t seen in a long while.Īrnold Ortiz, who came by to pick up a to-go order, sounded like the generations of customers at the event over the weekend. At the budget hotel, you'll be about 15 minutes' walk of the Protestant Westminster Abbey. This unpretentious Golden Star Hotel is set in the heart of London in vicinity of St. In a 5-minute walk guests can reach Victoria tube station. The George is approximately 5 minutes' walk away. Golden Star Hotel offers a continental breakfast made fresh daily. The unpretentious 2-star Golden Star Hotel London places guests 20 minutes on foot from Coca-Cola London Eye Riverside Observation Wheel.

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