The last Su Hong restaurant on the Peninsula is closing.

Sept. 29 will be the final day of business for the Palo Alto location — the last of this local chain, according to the Peninsula Foodist of the Palo Alto Weekly.

Owner David King, who has been running one or more Su Hongs since 1977, told the blog that it’s time to retire.

“So sad to hear they are closing, having sold the property to a developer, but after 40 years the owner, David, should be given a community service award. Amazing, bar none,” a fan from Mountain View wrote on Yelp. “Su Hong will go down as one of the best Chinese restaurants in the history of the Bay Area. … Awesome every time.”

For decades, the restaurants have had a loyal following among locals — and chefs.

In a 1991 Mercury News article headlined “Where great chefs go for good Asian food,” noted farm-to-table specialist Jesse Ziff Cool said she loved getting takeout from Su Hong. “That’s where all the local people go for their eating-at-home-in-front-of- the-TV-out-of-the-carton eating,” she told the Food staff. “They do a really nice noodle soup, loaded with prawns and different meats.”

And readers raved in a 2000 article about the restaurant’s vegetarian family-style bean curd dish.

The original Su Hong opened in 1977 on El Camino Real in downtown Menlo Park. A Mercury News review in the early 1990s gave the restaurant 3.5 stars, complimenting the tea-smoked duck, the beef with orange peel, the seafood bird’s nest — and the “solidly professional service.”

There was also a Su Hong in Palo Alto on El Camino Way and later, a takeout location in Menlo Park about a block and a half from the signature location.

This last Su Hong opened in 2010 in Palo Alto, according to the Weekly’s blog.

The restaurant’s signature Shanghai cuisine will be served at lunch and dinner, Tuesday-Sunday (closed Mondays), through Sept. 29.

Details: 4256 El Camino Real, Palo Alto; 650-493-3836.