Ben’s Chinese Restaurant, a 40-year Oakland institution near Jack London Square, has closed with no explanation given for the shutdown.
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Philippe Etchebest thought he had witnessed a real renaissance. In Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, the chef had transformed the self-service of Neetah and Rakesh, La Cafétéria, during an episode of Cauchemar into a kitchen broadcast in April 2024 on M6. Two years later, however, the restaurant is said to be "definitively closed" on Google and exists more than in the memory of the viewers. Behind this closure is a choice assumed by the couple, marrie…