Even the "World's Worst McDonald's" is gone, replaced by a Cantonese restaurant. What do these owners see when other eateries are closing?

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Jacob Liu knows too well that the new Rideau Street restaurant he manages had a notorious predecessor . Article content

Liu works at 99 VIP Seafood, a Cantonese restaurant that had its soft opening in mid-September. But the 28-year-old former University of Ottawa student knows that 99 Rideau St.’s previous tenant was once dubbed the “World’s Worst McDonald’s,” in large part thanks to video of a 2014 brawl when a bystander pulled out a baby raccoon from under his sweater. Article content Article content

“This is a legendary place,” Liu says. “The fight with the raccoon was really famous.” He admits he’s concerned that similar

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