City Express News Located at No. 151 Hedong Road, Juyuan Park began to operate in 1984, after more than 30 years of ups and downs, two generations of hard work, from the original community canteen, to the family-run, well-known restaurant. Recently, the news that it is about to close down has come out, and many people are very sorry. "This restaurant is perfect for bringing old Hangzhou people to savor the taste of Hangzhou cuisine." A netizen said.
"As long as I can remember, Paradise is like this. What it was like 20 years ago, what it is still like now. In the memory of this netizen, Juyuan is the kind of restaurant that parents will definitely go to when they pay their wages, and they are full of warm memories.
When I arrived at The Gathering Park yesterday, it was close to 2 p.m. A group of employees are gathering in the store to play mahjong and chat, and the atmosphere is very harmonious. They are uniformly dressed, white shirts and black trousers, like the formal atmosphere of the 90s of the last century, the state-run restaurant, giving people a warm sense of the times.
The entrance door is a big "welcome", and the two doors are written: "Beautiful West Lake" and "Fragrant Paradise".
Red chair covers, white tablecloths, each box has a nice name. On the right hand side of the door, a large freezer plastered with pictures of various dishes read: "Cook now, pack and bring it back." "On the left hand, a large blackboard with dish names and prices neatly listed, is very detailed with the price of dine-in and the price of the package.
I wanted to try the Hangzhou cuisine here, and I asked, "Is it still open?" ”
An elder sister replied, "We're already off work!" ”
The eldest sister put down the mahjong in her hand, greeted me, and warmly told me: "We usually don't receive guests around 1:45 p.m., if we want to eat, we have to come early these two days, oh, we won't do it next month..."
The eldest sister is named Zhou Weiyun, who is 70 years old this year.
Sister Zhou said: "Many people have never come to us, including some outsiders, but they are very fluent when they enter the door and order food quickly, and they casually come out with squirrel mandarin fish and Longjing shrimp... When I asked, I knew that I had seen it from the Internet. ”
Usually, the regular customers are mainly from the surrounding residents, and everyone is very aware of the taste of the park. Guests came to the house, packed a few dishes and went back to serve with authentic Hangzhou style.
"The surrounding residents knew that we were going to close, so they all came to ask, saying that you are gone, where will we go to eat later?" Where to pack? ”
Zhou Weiyun is the eldest sister, and two younger sisters and a younger brother have taken over the paradise from their father, and several people are responsible for a piece of business. My father died many years ago, but the restaurant he ran single-handedly allowed several children to get together every day.
"One of the things that others envy the most is that we are very united." Sister Zhou smiled and squinted at her family, her eyes revealed warmth, and her words were full of praise.
Speaking of the staff in the store, Sister Zhou gushed endlessly: "There are four teachers in our shop who make Hangzhou bang cuisine, the taste is really authentic, they have been doing it for decades, and they have never thought of leaving." Employees are just as united as we are, and even though the door closes next month, not a single employee is leaving. There used to be employees who left, but they will come back in the end, and we are just as welcome to come back at any time..."
Speaking of where employees will go in the future, Sister Zhou said: "We will never treat these employees badly, all employees can go from us satisfactorily, and they all have a skill, and they will certainly not worry about finding a job." ”
Zhou Dajie said that she has also been paying attention to the recruitment advertisements on the street recently, hoping to help employees find a good home.
Why do you have to close your doors?
"Now the rent is relatively high, the parking space at the door is also more tense, and our sisters are older and can't move..."
Can we let the next generation take over, retain the taste of the original team and the old base, and continue to operate?
Sister Zhou shook her head, "If the next generation is willing to take over, we will definitely do our best to help, this decoration has not changed since 1996, we can also help redecorated, but they are not willing... The next generation is very hard, has their own life and career, lives well, and is not willing to take over... There are many reasons, so we have also made up our minds, or close it. ”
The old heritage restaurant has now made the decision to close its doors, and the rent is about to expire and is not ready to be renewed. Looking at Sister Zhou's regretful affection and listening to her reluctant words, I also sighed. Sister Zhou said that her future life is to spend more time with friends, see more 94-year-old mothers, and gather more with her family.
"In the past, my friends always advised me, why am I so busy at such an old age?" I always say that I am very happy to work here, and I will change my life in the future..."
"Tomorrow I'm going to go to my dad's spiritual hall and tell him we made this decision, and tell him that we've done our best all these years..."
Sister Zhou said that the opening hours of the paradise are still about a week away. If you want to come here to eat and find memories of that year, you must seize the time.