Founder of Toronto's famous kitchen supply store Tap Phong dies at 100
Dat Chuong Tran, the man behind the Chinatown institution Tap Phong, has died at 100.
Tran's family announced the centenarian's passing over Instagram on Saturday evening.
There has been an outpouring of support since then for the family behind one of the city's most venerated supply shops for kitchen supplies and restaurant equipment.
For 37 years, Tap Phong has shaped Toronto's restaurant industry by being the kind of store where you can find it all. But the store's origins actually trace back to Vietnam, where Dat Chuong and his wife Huong Thi first opened a shop under the same name.