{"id":2911,"date":"2016-11-26T01:18:23","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T01:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/11\/26\/kims-convenience-wins-fame-for-local-store\/"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:18:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T01:18:23","slug":"kims-convenience-wins-fame-for-local-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/11\/26\/kims-convenience-wins-fame-for-local-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim’s Convenience Wins Fame for Local Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeye Zhu \/ Toronto Observer<\/em><\/p>\n

CBC\u2019s new sitcom Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em> airing every Tuesday is drawing attention to the Korean-Canadian community \u2014 especially\u00a0to the store where the show was filmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause the show is very good, lots of people want to see where they shoot the film,\u201d says Kyung Chung, owner of the variety store\u00a0on Queen Street E., east of Sherbourne Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like them,\u201d she says.\u00a0\u201cI like to answer questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chung, who has a Korean background, came to Canada 30 years ago after her husband started their variety store business on Queen\u2019s Street East, originally named Mimi Variety. If you check this location on Google Maps\u2019\u00a0street view on Google map, the old sign is still there.<\/p>\n

Chung says she likes the show very much because it represents the Korean community properly.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of my friends watch the show as well,\u201d she says. \u201cThey all enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em> is the first Canadian sitcom that features an Asian family. The story was based on a Dora Mavor Moore Award-nominated play of the same name in 2011 by Ins Choi.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was funny,\u201d says\u00a0David Harcourt, a local resident who shops at the store. \u201cI heard about it here and it\u2019s a funny story line.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s\u00a0production team\u00a0considered\u00a0more than 30 places for a location before selecting her store,\u00a0Chung says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey found this because it\u2019s big enough for them to film and there\u2019s a second floor where people can live. And also there\u2019s plenty of parking spots outside.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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