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The vanishing old-school Chinese restaurants of the San Gabriel Valley

LOS ANGELES - Ocean Star Restaurant on Atlantic Boulevard opened its massive dining room in 1982. With a capacity of 900, it for years held court as one of Monterey Park's premier dim sum destinations: massive weekend crowds, wobbly Lazy Susans and wheeled carts packed with cheong fun, barbecue pork buns and chewy chicken feet.

On May 1, the Cantonese eatery abruptly closed its doors.

"Traditional Chinese banquet spaces aren't as sought after as they used

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