Old-time bakery-restaurant to shutter Chinatown doors

By Erika Engle

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 22, 2013

~~<p>You have been given a two-week reprieve. You might have had only had seven more days to try a longtime Chinatown eatery, as Ruby Restaurant & Bakery at 119 N. Hotel St. was planning to close Thursday after about 32 years of operation. However, the building's landlord asked owner Lak Kar "Laker" Ho to stay open through March 15.</p>
<p>Rising lease rent caused Laker and his wife, Helen, to decide to close and make way for a new operation focused on Filipino food.</p>
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You have been given a two-week reprieve. You might have had only had seven more days to try a longtime Chinatown eatery, as Ruby Restaurant & Bakery at 119 N. Hotel St. was planning to close Thursday after about 32 years of operation. However, the building's landlord asked owner Lak Kar "Laker" Ho to stay open through March 15.

Rising lease rent caused Laker and his wife, Helen, to decide to close and make way for a new operation focused on Filipino food. Login for more...