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title: "Frying Pan on Denman Street closing November 8 after four years"
description: "The Korean fried chicken restaurant at 1101 Denman Street in Vancouver's West End is closing its doors on Sunday, November 8, 2026, with the owners citing rising rent, wages, and food costs."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/frying-pan-denman-closing-november-2026"
last_updated: "2026-11-06T02:58:37.689Z"
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Frying Pan, a Korean fried chicken restaurant at 1101 Denman Street in Vancouver's West End, is closing on Sunday, November 8, 2026, after four years of operation. The owners said in their closure announcement that rising rent, wages, and food costs made it too hard to keep going, Daily Hive reported on November 5.

The restaurant opened on September 22, 2022, after starting as a food truck. It moved to 1101 Denman to have a fixed address in the West End. It became known for Korean fried chicken sandwiches, tenders, and wings, and Big 7 Travel listed it as one of the world's 50 best burgers in 2022.

The owners wrote in their announcement: "We gave this little place everything we had, our time, energy, and hearts. But with rent, wages, and food costs continuing to rise, it became harder and harder to keep going."

The owners expressed optimism about what comes next. "Same hearts. Same passion. Just a new beginning," they wrote, according to Daily Hive.

Vancouver Is Awesome also reported the closure on November 5, noting the same reasons given by the owners: rent, wages, and food costs that kept rising.

## What comes next for the team

The Frying Pan food truck will continue operating around Vancouver after the Denman Street location closes. The owners also recently opened two new counters at the Bentall Centre Food Court: Little Seoul and Tori. Those two counters give the team a presence in the downtown core after the Denman Street location closes.

## The last day

The final day of service at 1101 Denman Street is Sunday, November 8, 2026. After that date, the food truck is the way to find Frying Pan's food around the city. Residents who want to visit the West End location before it closes have until Sunday to do so.

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