Englewood’s Twin Dragon to Close on April 30 After 47 Years in Business

Shiou Jefferson is ready for retirement. Now 77, she’s been the owner of Twin Dragon, a mainstay Chinese restaurant in Englewood, since 1976. After recently selling the building, she’s busy packing boxes of memorabilia in preparation for the eatery’s last day, April 30.

Saying goodbye can be tough, though, especially when she sees customers who have been coming in for decades. “I cry probably three or four times a day,” she says. But after the stresses of the pandemic and the ongoing struggle to find staff, she’s ready to move on.

Along with dishing up plenty of its popular sesame chicken and other staples, Twin Dragon is well known for its ornate decor — which is also being packed up. “I’ll probably take it to Goodwill,” Jefferson says of the many items strewn throughout the large…