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Vietnamese and Thai restaurants at the corner of Argyle Street and Broadway. Chicago restaurateur Jimmy Wong bought property in the area in the 1960s and planned its rebirth as New Chinatown. He envisioned a mall with pagodas, trees and reflecting ponds to replace the empty storefronts. [8]
It would be the longest-running Chinese restaurant in the U.S. if founded in 1903, longer than Pekin Noodle Parlor in Butte, Montana, which was founded in 1909 or 1911.
The Chicago metropolitan area has an ethnic Chinese population. While historically small in comparison to populations on the coasts, the community is rapidly expanding. As of 2023, there are 78,547 Chinese Americans who live in Chicago, comprising 2.9% of the city's population, along with over 150,000 Chinese in the greater Chicago area - making Chicago's Chinese community the 8th largest ...
By the late 1800s, 25% of Chicago's approximately 600 Chinese residents settled along Clark Street between Van Buren and Harrison Streets in Chicago's Loop. [9] In the mid-1870s, the Kim Kee Company opened a store selling imported Chinese goods and ingredients, and in the basement of the same building stood a Chinese-owned restaurant. [10]
Paul and Nancy Fong prepare meals for the lunch rush at the Chicago Cafe in Woodland. The family diner, established in 1903, was recently recognized as California's oldest Chinese restaurant.
Chicago Cafe owner Paul Fong thanks longtime customers Frances and Melton Losoya, who walk past the restaurant’s 100-year-old refrigerator as they leave through the kitchen after a meal last ...
The first Jimmy's World Grill & Bar opened in 2003 and as of 2016 the chain operated restaurants at about 11 locations. [3] In 2012 it launched its flagship restaurant in The O2, London. [4] Each restaurant offers cuisines from multiple countries including Italy, China, India, Mexico, the US and the United Kingdom.
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