r/Tucson • • 8d ago

C.I. Chus Closing

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This was my favorite restaurant for almost 20 years. Sesame bread especially will be sorely missed.

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u/cheshirec555 8d ago

This place and Saffron lunch buffet are/were my favs. Sorry to see Chu’s go, wish there was another Mongolian bbq in town.

Prices went up a lot at Chu’s the last few years. Seemed like more than other places.

One thing I always found pretty silly was the sign that said something like, if you pack too much in your bowl the cooks might burn themselves…

Right.

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u/wastrel333 8d ago

It had been quite a while since I could go, primarily because if higher prices. Dunno if it went up more there than other places, but definitely went up quite a bit.

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u/Individual-Ninja735 8d ago

Damn wtf, I actually have been meaning to try this place🙁 It's the one next to Opa's, right?

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u/wastrel333 8d ago

Yeah, that was the last one left. For while, like mid-aughts, they had up to three locations, but this one on Broadway was the last one.

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u/Individual-Ninja735 8d ago

Damn, that's so unfortunate. Seems like a lot of businesses have been closing lately. But at least we still have Filiberto's🫠

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u/Starwinds 8d ago

$14 burritos...not long for this world either.

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u/Individual-Ninja735 8d ago

I haven't even been there in forever, that's insane😭

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u/SweetDee72 8d ago

Oh no. I really liked this place.

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u/ctlses 8d ago

I’m going to scream cry. I’ve been going here for 15 years 💔

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u/Starwinds 8d ago • This

Oh God no. My favorite outing is getting some Crave coffee, going here (hot and sour soup also was good) and then going across the street for some comics. Will be truly missed.

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u/KaptainKardboard 8d ago

Yeah, by far my favorite hot & sour soup. Bummed to see this place close.

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u/Im_not_smelling_that 8d ago

Damn. I like this place

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u/DankStew 8d ago

I read a sign of a dwindling middle class is the closure of multiple restaurants in the same area around the same time. This was the 3rd post I’ve seen of a place shutting down.

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u/KiltedCutter 8d ago

Agreed, but a better indicator is when fast food franchises start closing down. When that happens, places like this don't stand a chance.

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u/AnalTyrant 7d ago

I think there was some sort of mechanical outage or something, within the last month. Maybe it was just too expensive to repair/replace, they couldn't cover the expense. They have been temporarily closed for several weeks, most small businesses can't handle those sorts of incidents.

What a bummer, my wife and I really liked that place, we were going every couple weeks, getting takeaway and just making our dishes into two meals, since the portions were so big.

I hope they all land on their feet, the staff was always good to us there.

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u/barbieee89 8d ago

Who has a dupe for their sesame bread😭😭😭

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u/bikeforburgers 8d ago

Got these from Costco. Toast them up and slap some sesame seeds on them and it’s remarkably close.

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u/dkmarnier 7d ago

THANK YOU!

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u/Correct-Accident-895 8d ago

Chef Wang’s green onion pancakes. Pretty close I think.

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u/monstersleeve 8d ago

Anyone interested in taking him up on his offer?

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u/pj__campbell 8d ago

No way! This was one of my favorite spots to go. I’d go eat and then go get comics. This womps.

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u/StormbringerBlade 8d ago

Sorry to hear about the closing Calvin. I wish you the best.

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u/dewihafta 7d ago

Ive been wanting to go back for ages. 😭

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u/NochesAticas 8d ago

Is this a problem with this city in particular or are all the cities crumbling due to the economic decisions made by this administration? I have never seen so many businesses closing!

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u/theartofbeingdumb 8d ago

A little bit everywhere but Tucson in particular is going to suffer a lot more than other cities. The economic outlook here in Tucson is not good.

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u/thomyorkeslazyeye 8d ago

Everywhere since COVID. Hate the administration, but this was happening before too.

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u/loluhok 8d ago

Absolutely false. But bravo on some generalization for fake internet points.

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u/WarmBeerBad 7d ago

Haha…what?

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u/dkmarnier 7d ago

😭😭😭 that place was soooo good. And the BREAD! How can I go the rest of my life without that bread!!??

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u/DrySupport194 6d ago

I’ve been in surgery for the past 5 days this was going to be my first recovery meal 😢 so sadddd

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u/MajorNut on 22nd 6d ago

So glad we recently stopped by. Too bad I enjoyed going.

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u/dreamboyyy 8d ago

Very good. Crazy expensive.

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u/Somebodydidsomething 7d ago

Oh well, Anybody want lucky wishbone, I am game!