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After it was delayed for more than a year, a Bhutanese restaurant is opening later this month in downtown Lancaster. Norbu Lancaster will debut May 22 at 38 N. Christian St., the former home of Characters Pub, which closed in February 2019. The new restaurant is owned by Tenzin and Sanya Norbu who own Yak n Yeti restaurants in Carlisle and New Cumberland and were ready to open their Lancaster restaurant in April 2020, when their plans were delayed because of the pandemic. To deal with a labor shortage that was a major part of the Lancaster restaurant’s delayed opening, the Norbus will te...

Tenzin and Sanya Norbu have wanted to open a business in Lancaster County ever since they decided five years ago it would be the best place to raise a family. Tenzin is a native of the Himalayan country of Bhutan and Sanya is from Lancaster County where she graduated from Hempfield High School. The couple met in New York City where they worked together with diamond industry suppliers. In 2016, they decided to leave the city for Sonya’s home area with the intention of becoming entrepreneurs. After opening businesses in Carlisle and New Cumberland, the Norbus found a spot in downtown Lanca...