Image: Little Beetle / Two staff members of Little Beetle wave goodbye in a video posted to Instagram in May 2024, advising the Chilliwack community that its South Sumas Road location would close in May and reopen at 6640 Vedder Road in Sardis. 
Little Beetle Restaurant

Popular Chilliwack diner temporarily closes, plans to relocate to Vedder Road

Jun 3, 2024 | 10:12 AM

CHILLIWACK — A popular diner on South Sumas Road serving hearty breakfast omelettes and a variety of lunchtime sandwiches in an industrial area of Chilliwack has closed ahead of its relocation to Sardis.

According to an update on its Instagram page in May, Little Beetle, which was voted Chilliwack’s No. 1 lunch restaurant, has closed effective May 27 as it relocates to 6640 Vedder Road in the Tim Hortons/BMO shopping centre at Vedder Road and Stevenson Road.

“In the summer of 2024, we start again in a new location,” Little Beetle wrote on Instagram in May. “At the end of the last five years of our contract, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close Little Beetle in order to maintain its beliefs and values.”

Image: Google Maps / The front of Little Beetle along South Sumas Road.

The mom-and-pop business said it could not elaborate on the exact reason behind the closure online, but would rather focus on its business plan moving forward.

“I cannot write the whole story here, but we will focus more on the efforts we have so made so far and come back with a better appearance suitable for the new location,” Little Beetle wrote in its Instagram post dated May 7. “We would like to thank everyone who have visited here so far.”

In late May, it thanked customers for their ongoing loyalty and pledged to open this summer in suite J1 at 6640 Vedder Road.

“We would like to thank all the guests who have visited us over the past five years,” Little Beetle wrote in the comment section of a post on May 28. “We were truly happy to be able to see our customers enjoying our dishes that we put all our passion into it. See you again soon at J1 – 6640 Vedder Road, Chilliwack, BC.”

Image: Little Beetle owner Chef Huey with his family.

Any gift cards purchased for its previous location at 44489 South Sumas Road will still be valid at its new Vedder Road location.

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