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San Francisco Chinatown's annual Autumn Moon Festival celebrates seasonal change and the opportunity to give thanks to a bountiful summer harvest. The Moon Festival is popularly celebrated throughout China and surrounding countries each year, with local bazaars, entertainment, and mooncakes, a pastry filled with sweet bean paste and egg. The ...
A similar street festival, the Autumn Moon Festival, has been held annually in Chinatown since 1991 to celebrate the Mid-Autumn or Moon Festival, approximately six months after the New Year festival and parade, and is hosted by the Chinatown Merchants Association of San Francisco.
Hoy, William J. (April 1943). "Chinatown Devises Its Own Street Names". California Folklore Quarterly. 2 (2). Western States Folklore Society: 71– 75. doi:10.2307/1495551. JSTOR 1495551. Miller, Greg (30 September 2013). "1885 map reveals vice in San Francisco's Chinatown and racism at City Hall". Wired
Defunct restaurants in San Francisco (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Defunct restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Sam Wo (traditional Chinese: 三和粥粉麵; simplified Chinese: 三和粥粉面; Jyutping: Saam1wo4 zuk1 fan2min6; pinyin: Sānhé zhōu fěnmiàn, literally "Three Harmonies Porridge and Noodles") was a Chinese restaurant located in San Francisco, California. The restaurant's first location on 813 Washington Street was famous for being a ...
Reviews of the guidebook have been positive, praising both its quality and contribution in the acknowledgement of San Francisco Chinatown. Jonah Raskin of the San Francisco Chronicle commented, “Choy’s book takes the curious and the puzzled in hand, shows them the key sights and the important landmarks, and opens the door to a vibrant past ...
The area was home to San Francisco's first French settlers. Approximately 3,000, sponsored by the French government, arrived near the end of the Gold Rush in 1851. [ 2 ] According to historian Gladys Hansen , the French shared Dupont Street (now Grant Avenue) with early Chinese settlers during the early days of Chinatown , and were more ...
The restaurant uses Masataka's nickname, Masa, for its title. [2] Upon its opening, the restaurant had a six-month waiting list for reservations. [1] Kobayashi was murdered in 1984, [3] [4] and sous-chef Bill Galloway ran the kitchen until Julian Serrano became executive chef. [2] [5] He was chef for 14 years.