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There is no documented history on Sam Wo Restaurant and its early beginnings from its founding in 1912, although it was believed to be the oldest restaurant in Chinatown, built sometime around or after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [3] One account states that Sam Wo had occupied the same 813 Washington Street location from 1907. [4]
Edsel Ford Fung (often spelled Fong) (May 6, 1927 – April 24, 1984) was an American restaurant server from San Francisco, California. [1] He was called the "world's rudest, worst, most insulting waiter" and worked at the Sam Wo Chinese restaurant. [2]
The chain has since folded while Sam Woo Restaurant remains popular in the Chinese communities of Southern California and Toronto. There was a popular multistory Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, San Francisco called Sam Wo. Despite having a similar name and foods, it is not part of the chain in Southern California and should not be confused ...
San Francisco is home to the first and largest Chinatown in the country, but recently Sam Wo, a beloved restaurant that’s 115 years old, announced that it could close its doors.
Either way, Chicago Cafe is now believed to be California’s oldest Chinese restaurant, eclipsing the famous Sam Wo Restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
On Lock Sam, the city's oldest restaurant was founded in 1898. The community was once quite large but, after development in the 1950s and 1960s and the construction of the Crosstown freeway, businesses moved, buildings were demolished, new buildings were built, and the community changed forever.
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It was sold and is now unrelated. It is called Sam Woo Village. The menu was kept. But the owner of the business got into some tax issues and had to sell some locations. Van Nuys was one of them. 2603:8001:9407:D666:383C:F577:1F88:603E 07:23, 17 October 2022 (UTC)