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Both LA.com and LAist have items today announcing that Madame Wu's has closed in the Grove and will be replaced soon with a Cheesecake Factory. The latter blog likes CF but can't imagine eating at the Grove version; the former blog also bemoans the loss of Irv's Hamburgers in West Hollywood to a new outlet of Peet's Coffee and Tea.
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