All good things, alas, must come to an end. In 1982, when Provincial Highway # 18 opened to traffic, Fenqihu's fortunes changed overnight, and sales of biandangs at the Dengshan Shi Tang fell to less than 10 per day.
但好景不常，民國 71 年，阿里山公路（台 18 線）通車，奮起湖一夕之間天地變色，「登山食堂」的便當銷量也隨之驟降到一天 10 個不到。