Highland's Cleveland Wok Will Permanently Close

SAINT PAUL, MN — The Cleveland Wok restaurant in St. Paul's Highland neighborhood will not be reopening. The eatery is the latest business in the Twin Cities metro that has been forced to close during the new coronavirus crisis.

"Thank you everyone who has reached out to us for the past couple months in regards to our restaurant," reads a post on the Cleveland Wok Facebook page.

"We really appreciate all your concerns about the restaurant and our well beings. Due to unforeseen circumstances and the current world pandemic that we are living in, we have decided to PERMANENTLY CLOSE the Cleveland Wok. We want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts that has supported us for 20+ years. It has been an awesome journey. Thank you."

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The Chinese restaurant has been in Highland for more than 20 years, making it one of the oldest businesses on Cleveland Avenue.

Several restaurants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area have been forced to close permanently.

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