Kits off 12th and eastern is looking to sell, they plan on retiring, the owners of the silver leaf shopping center doubled there rent, so instead of moving they just want to retire, sad to see them go, they have great eggrolls, we usually do take out once or twice a month from them.

Aww this makes me sad! I get takeout from there all the time. They've got the best beef lo mein in town and I LOVE their fried cauliflower.

Wow, I remember eating there for lunch in High School in the 80's.

That shopping center just needs to be bulldozed.

my wife works for the family dollar there, they have been having problems with the new owners on fixing things. the whole shopping center will be out of view once a new smaller one will be built from blockbuster to the gas station.

the only few things good about that shopping center is that they still have the gyros restaurant, and sweet celebrations bakery, and kits.

That sux...Our normal takeout place cause of the excellent gravy chicken

I went to Kit's on Saturday for takeout & asked the owner about them selling. He said that after 23 years of being there, they were tired & ready for a break. He said there are no immediate plans to close, they've just got the place up for sale. I told him about this thread & he told me to get on here & tell people that they're still there so come in and eat!

thats what i said about them looking to sell, and retiring, i still plan on eating there until they close, great owners and good food. Its just sad that they are going. Support our kits, even if you never been, give them a try, try the eggrolls, very good, and that red sauce is great if you dine in, the sauce is at the table

Is it clean?

I went to Chinese food place the other day on the south side near 59th and Penn and saw a cockroach run across the floor. Have not ate there since.

well most of the time we get it to go. We have ate inside a couple times, never seen a roach, Its dark inside the restaurant, so cant really tell you if its spotless, the table has always been clean along with the booths, now i never used there bathrooms, so i cant tell you on the cleanliness of them.

Is it clean?

I went to Chinese food place the other day on the south side near 59th and Penn and saw a cockroach run across the floor. Have not ate there since.

Had a good sized cockroach on our table at the northside Ted's 3 years ago...Damn things are nearly invincible so I don't hold one against any restaurant

Now if I saw a cockroach family vacationing I may pass on another visit

As far as dining in at Kit's...Definitely more of a takeout place as they look kinda shocked when you tell them it's not to go

Damn things are nearly invincible so I don't hold one against any restaurant

You're a much more forgiving person than me! Quite a few years ago a friend & I went to the Othello's campus corner location & when they brought out our food, about 20 cockroaches swarmed our table. They acted shocked when we refused to pay and told us that the roaches were only there because the exterminator had made his monthly visit that morning & "spraying drives them out." Since then I haven't been able to even see the Othello's sign without getting sick to my stomach.

Back on topic though, I always get food from Kit's as takeout. Haven't actually eaten inside there in years, but every time I'm there to pick up my to-go order it's been clean.

oh noes! i grew up in moore and ate at kit's at least once a week, and in high school my daily diet consisted of an eggroll and a small order of fried rice. every day. for 3 years. you'd think i'd be sick of the place after that, but not so much at all. i've lived on the northside for the past 12 years, and i still drive down to moore a couple of times a month when i want chinese take out. long story short, this sort of breaks my heart. :(

I don't know what all the broohaha is over this dump closing! I ate there once and thought the food sucked. IDK maybe I'm pickier than most people, I just don't see what the big deal is.:lame:

Aren't 90% of all chinese restaurants dumps?

no, they're generally smaller than dumps, more like dumplings

they things that i get from kits, is there eggrolls, and fried cawliflower, to me its pretty good, and i worked my share of chinese restaurants as a teen, i use to work at hunans, panda hunans, and gin wei. The eggrolls at kits are really good to me compared to the rest, there bigger and stuffed, i wathc them in the kitchen when they prepare, and they are very good on hygen, i watch for the handwashing and the prep clean up and kits is good at it.

ahhh..yes,..nothing more delicious than truly authentic chinese food in oklahoma

so delicious and authentic..the buffets have jello, ice cream, onion rings, french fries, pizza, fish sticks, tater tots, cookies, cake.

so authentic that all of the wait staff, and cashiers are oriental, but all of the cooks in the back hiding are mexican.

not that i have anything against any race,.i love and admire all cultures

but to get my point across effectively, whens the last time you went to a mexican restaurant and seen all asian chefs in the back?

ill answer that question for you..never.

I've been a Kit's customer for over 15 years. They have always had the best combos for the $$. It's sad that they have acquired so much competition the past 5 years. A family-owned and operated business. They did tell us the last time we were in that they were trying to sell the business but nothing was said about retirement. They need to remodel and are in what we think is a bad location now. They are still our favorite and we'll continue eating there as long as they are open.

Wow I will miss kits, I am 26 years old as for as long as I can remember we ate Kits, we never went anywhere else for Chinese food when I was growing up, and the thing that i loved about them was that their buffet did NOT have all that American food crap like others, it was just their Chinese food. I hate to see them go. Great family running that place.

i ate there saturday for lunch, the owner said they are still looking to sell, they are planning on moving out of state. the buffet looks like is closed for good, but still you can dine there with the nemu they have and take out

ahhh..yes,..nothing more delicious than truly authentic chinese food in oklahoma

so delicious and authentic..the buffets have jello, ice cream, onion rings, french fries, pizza, fish sticks, tater tots, cookies, cake.

so authentic that all of the wait staff, and cashiers are oriental, but all of the cooks in the back hiding are mexican.

not that i have anything against any race,.i love and admire all cultures

but to get my point across effectively, whens the last time you went to a mexican restaurant and seen all asian chefs in the back?

ill answer that question for you..never.

You don't have to be Asian to cook good Asian food. Techniques can be taught to you. Also, going into ANY Chinese/Asian restaurant, you will not be getting authentic Asian food, plain and simple. Many of the ingredients are inaccessible in America (sichuan peppercorns were trade blocked until 4 years ago). As a result, Chinese food at all restaurants has been highly adapted. My understanding, however, is that if you ask at some Chinese places, they can get you some pretty good off-the-menu stuff. I lived in China for a year and haven't eaten Chinese food in America since because it is SO sweet.

I know you all know that stuff basically - my point is - who cares if it is authentic as long as you like it?

um about the asian staff in a mexican restaurant, i guess you never been to ripley mississippi

Did Hong Kong Wok off of 12th and Telephone ever move or reopen somewhere else? I loved eating there back in the late 90s early 2000s but a few years ago some pancake place was in the building.

The pancake place is run by the same owners of Hong Kong. They wanted to try a different approach to get some butts in the door. Now it's Fusion Cafe, still same owners, not bad food. They also have their hand in partnership with Pho Lan Noodles over by Lowe's.

Do they still have sweetnsour chicken? Theirs was my favorite.

no they do not, its my of a asian style food i believe or maybe leaning towards korean i guess, not normal chinese food their

I stopped in the other day. Its Korean/Japanese bistro type stuff.

Stopped in at Kit's tonight, Feb 28 is their last day in business. Owner said they found a buyer & are retiring. They don't seem to know much about the future plans other than it will still be a Chinese restaurant. They said it will probably be closed for a little while, for repairs, remodel, cleaning, etc.

Makes me sad, I'll miss the lo mein.

I love this restaraunt!

That sucks but after working for 23 years, they deserve retirement, I will be going to Kit's on their last day before they close

Good Lord that is a giant avatar. Can we get that sized down?


They definitely deserve a break and a happy retirement. I asked if the new owners would be using any of their recipes & she said she didn't know, that it would be up to the new owners. I'm hoping that they will at least keep the fried cauliflower around.

lol thats my wife for you and the avatar, she is new at this, i need to ask her to make it smaller when she gets home from work tonight lol

If I was the owner of a restaurant, I would work for 30 years then retire for good

MsDarkStar, when it reopens, will you be going back to see if the menu, the place, and food changed and see if the food taste the same or different?

I'm definitely planning on going back, assuming they're open before I move. I would imagine that it will be a little bit before they reopen though. I don't know when you were there last but the interior is umm....pretty dingy. When I was in there the other night to pick up my food, it was downright cold in there. Dunno if the heater was on the fritz or what, but they had space heaters all over the place. If I were the new owners, I'd be looking at painting, new carpet & professional cleaning of all the booths & tables. As much as I love the food there I will be honest - there's no way that I would sit in there to eat.

my wife works for family dollar in that shopping center, she says its hard to get the land lord to fix things when needed...maybe thats why kits is so cold maybe there heater went out.. it takes a act of god to get things fixed there(shopping center) my wife says

Just a reminder, this is their last week. Sunday Feb 28 is the end!

planning on having dinner there tomorrow evening with the wife and kids..

Where are they located?

SE corner of 12th & Eastern in Moore, in the Silverleaf Shopping Center. They're in the shopping center behind Blockbuster, Little Ceasar's & Supercuts, in the strip that's adjacent to what used to be Pratt's grocery.

Just a reminder, this is their last week. Sunday Feb 28 is the end!

But I don't want it to end! :( I will probably go there tomorrow or Saturday to get food and eggrolls since my Mom loves their eggrolls

I went there yesterday, I saw some people dining in, I went and got Pepper Steak (The only chiense food I like) and it was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!!!! Too bad it will close tomorrow!

I will miss the gravy chicken and fried cauliflower for sure but my arteries just called and said they were ecstatic over the closing

i was there saturday dinning inn.. i took my mom and my two kids.. there was about 5 families dinning in when we where there for lunch, and lots of to go orders...

I think word got out that they were closing. I picked up a to-go order for me & my folks on Friday night & there were 6 occupied tables and several to-go orders. They had actually run out of quite a few items...we got the last of the egg drop soup, and they were out of gravy for gravy chicken and baby corn for the beef with baby corn. The owners daughter was running the register, she said they hadn't expected to be so busy, that it had been a while since they'd seen that kind of business so they weren't really prepared.

Food was great though, I enjoyed it as always. Sad to see them go but 24yrs was a great run. Much longer than most places last these days.

I think word got out that they were closing. I picked up a to-go order for me & my folks on Friday night & there were 6 occupied tables and several to-go orders. They had actually run out of quite a few items...we got the last of the egg drop soup, and they were out of gravy for gravy chicken and baby corn for the beef with baby corn. The owners daughter was running the register, she said they hadn't expected to be so busy, that it had been a while since they'd seen that kind of business so they weren't really prepared.

Food was great though, I enjoyed it as always. Sad to see them go but 24yrs was a great run. Much longer than most places last these days.

Yeah, I went there again yesterday to get pepper steak and eggrolls again but they were out so I got sweet and sour pork for my Dad and I don't get anything which sucks, oh well, I will miss them, I am so sad now

There's a new sign up. Mandarin Chinese & American Restaurant. Due to open April 12, 30% off the first week. Looks like they're doing some remodeling inside.

There's a new sign up. Mandarin Chinese & American Restaurant. Due to open April 12, 30% off the first week. Looks like they're doing some remodeling inside.

Interesting, I got to check out the sign

i wonder if it the same owners as mandarin chef off eastern by the entrance of easthills housing addition

I just saw the sign and it is bland and ugly!

yeah the sign reall doesnt do much for it, maybe the food will be good, hope they stole kits eggroll recipe

yeah the sign reall doesnt do much for it, maybe the food will be good, hope they stole kits eggroll recipe

Haha, I just hope the food will be good but I am not eating there until I get reviews first

Jesseda - the secret to Kit's eggrolls is they used cinnamon & peanut butter in them.

well cinamon lowers blood sugar naturally.. and peanut butter is good protien.. hmmmmmm i will still eat kits eggrolls anyday even if it is healthy for me lol

Cinnamon doesn't necessary lower it. It helps stimulate insulin action, in other words, makes your insulin more effective.

I'm a Type 1 diabetic, I have tried every trick in the book. Cinnamon has helped me maintain steady blood sugars, but I still have to take the insulin. Peanut Butter is also good for blood sugar regulation, or so I hear, I won't touch the stuff with a 10 foot stick though!

The sign looks identical to the Mandarin Chinese and American Restaurant in Del City near 29th & Sunnylane. Possibly a relocation or 2nd location?

Don't forget it will open on Monday! I hope they replaced the ugly carpet!

and hope they dusted or replaced the light fixtures lol