The beautiful neon sign outside of the Silver Dragon Cafe at the corner of Church and Laurendeau (St. Remi)  has been removed forever.
   The restaurant was sold to the owner of the Dragon de Chine in Verdun.
  He is renovating and will change the name and put up a new sign.
   It's unknown when the restaurant will be reopened under the new name.
   The sign did not light up in recent years.
   Coolopolis has long urged that someone step up and rehabilitate it, as it was a very rare bit of heritage.
   The actual sign was on the building for decades at the gateway to the area.
   We didn't have the heart to ask whether it has been destroyed, but if not it would be nice to see in some collection.
(Thanks to Jean-Francois Lambert for the tip and photo)
See also: Reclassify The Silver Dragon Cafe's sign as a heritage monument
 
 The Silver Dragon was in operation since at least 1960. A search in Lovells would determine a more exact date. (Thx to Rohinton Gandhi for the photo of the old ad)