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Sam Wo was primarily well known by San Francisco locals for its "famous ... no-frills, late-night food and its you-get-what-you-pay service" and 3 am closing time. [2] In the 1950s Sam Wo was a Beat Generation hangout, [ 5 ] featuring poets including Michael McClure , Allen Ginsberg , and Charles Bukowski .
The restaurant was opened in 1997 by Xuqun Yang and Feng Wang, a husband and wife [1] who emigrated from Beijing in 1987. [2] At first, they ran the restaurant with their 14-year-old son and one other employee. [1]
She moved back to San Francisco in 2011 where her daughter May and grandchild Alisa Ongbhaibulya live. [5] Following her retirement in 1990, Chiang remained active in promoting charitable causes, [12] in particular, the Chinese American International School. [7] Chiang died on October 28, 2020, in San Francisco at the age of 100. [4] [28]
Johnny Kan (1906–1972) was a Chinese American restaurateur in Chinatown, San Francisco, ca 1950–1970.He was the owner of Johnny Kan's restaurant, which opened in 1953, and published a book on Cantonese cuisine, Eight Immortal Flavors, which was praised by Craig Claiborne and James Beard. [1]
Panda Inn is a chain of sit-down Chinese restaurants in California owned and operated by the Panda Restaurant Group. [1] [2] [3]The company's original founding goal was to bring new varieties of Chinese cuisine, such as Mandarin cuisine and Sichuan cuisine dishes, to Southern California, which had traditionally favored Chinese Cantonese cuisine.
Mandarin Restaurant Franchise Corporation is a chain of all-you-can-eat Chinese-Canadian buffet restaurants. It was founded in 1979 and currently has its headquarters in Brampton , Ontario . The chain consists of licensed restaurants across Southern Ontario offering over 100 Chinese-Canadian buffet menu items, take-out , and delivery , as well ...
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The San Francisco Michelin Guide was the second North American city chosen to have its own Michelin Guide. Unlike the other U.S. guides which focus mainly in the city proper, the San Francisco guide includes all the major cities in the Bay Area: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Berkeley, as well as Wine Country, which includes Napa and ...