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"Opened in 1987 and operating on Peel Street for 31 years before closing in December 2018, L’Orchidée de Chine was a once-beloved Szechuan restaurant that served figures such as Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Justin Trudeau, Nicole Kidman, and Roger Moore; former Gazette critic Lesley Chesterman called its General Tao Chicken the best in North America in 2017. The owners felt it was time to move on after much of their regular patronage began to age out or move away from the downtown core." - Audrey Carleton