Thanks, got the same info from hotel concierge. The entire side of the street where this shop used to be is a big hole in the ground now (looked down on it from the Bitexco tower viewing area). I love Saigon and the modernization has some benefits, but I do miss the charm of some of the older shops that have either closed or moved. We stumbled on some of the stores in new locations, one owner couldn't believe we knew her previous location and could recite all of the items we had bought there a decade ago. The entire area around the Opera has turned into a high end luxury goods zone, and that stuff has always been priced better in the US anyway, so I am not really in the market for that in VN.

Thankfully the food is still amazing all over the city, I think it may be the most "farm to table" eating I have ever seen, from the street stalls to most of the restaurants.