Jack Suen, who moved back to the Akron area last May from Malaysia to run his family's restaurant business, House of Hunan, confirmed Tuesday that the original 1983 Fairlawn location is permanently closed. "The reason is because Lawrence, my brother, he's retired with Cheryl," his wife, Jack Suen said.

House Special on a menu in a Chinese restaurant usually means it has a little bit of everything. You almost always see it on a list of soups, fried rice or noodle dishes, where the other choices are shrimp, beef, chicken, or pork. The House Special will include all of the above.