Sakura has resumed business.

Restaurants have been closed during the pandemic, leading to less eating out, higher costs and staff shortages.

Mr. Cao had been leasing the building to the previous operator, but decided to restart the business on his own, renovated the building and grounds, and opened on June 1st.

Customers will find many similarities between the old and current menus, he said.

“Many regular customers have already come back and tried us,” said the restaurant's Chinese owner, Mr. Cao. The store is housed in a building originally constructed in the 1970s for the Roanoke Valley's first McDonald's.

Buchanan has doubts about the future of. Tammy's Place It is located on Main Street after the owner passed away.

Tammy Lux Frate died on June 4, her obituary said.

No one involved with the restaurant, which opened about a year ago, has provided information about its future.

Reviewers had good things to say about the facility in an online post last month. “The warmth and kindness you receive here is completely different from anything I have experienced in my life. I will do my best.”

It offered a one-pound burger called “The Bell Burger,” topped with two types of cheese, bacon, and onion rings.