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Walnut Creek's Ming Quong Shop Closing After Decades Of Being A Radiant Light In The Community

In 1969, the store was originally a coffee house called "Melting Pot." It was opened by Wyman and her late husband, Joe.

The Wyman family has been running their business on N Main Street in Walnut Creek since 1969
The Wyman family has been running their business on N Main Street in Walnut Creek since 1969 (CBS)

January 10, 2023

A beloved mom & pop shop on downtown Walnut Creek's Main Street is closing its doors after more than five decades. It is the final chapter for the little store, Ming Quong.

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Among the specialty trinkets, clothing items and jewelry filling their shelves, Ming Quong is a place of history. Customers, like Kathy Butcher of Walnut Creek, have been touched by Ming Quong's co-owner, Nona Mock Wyman.

"An era is leaving, another thing that is out of our world," said Butcher.

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