Fong Chong

Fong Chong was a family-owned grocery store and restaurant in Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon.[1]

Fong Chong
The interior of the restaurant
Restaurant information
Food type
Street address301 Northwest 4th Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45.5253°N 122.6746°W / 45.5253; -122.6746

Description and history

The business opened in 1954 and initially operated as a grocery store,[2][3] carrying Asian food products such as dried banana flowers, fish bladders, and instant noodles.[4] Fong Chong became a restaurant in 1979. The menu featured barbecue (including ribs),[5] dim sum,[6] hom bao, glutinous rice in lotus leaves, and chicken feet. Fong Chong closed in May 2014.[7][8][9]

The building which housed Fong Chong (301 Northwest Fourth Avenue) was constructed in 1905.[10][11]

Reception

In 2013, Erin DeJesus included Fong Chong in Eater Portland's list of "Portland's Biggest Guilty Pleasure Restaurants".[12] In his 2016 overview of "97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around", Grant Butler of The Oregonian said, "This longtime Chinatown restaurant was never much to look at, but in the 1980s and ‘90s, this was the place to go for some of the city’s best dim sum."[8]

See also

References
  1. Mannheimer, Emma (2017-11-20). "Can a New Portland Museum Save Chinatown's History?". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. Parks, Casey (2015-11-09). "Who gets to say 'ghetto'? Chinese artist, nonprofit disagree". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  3. Brown, Ruth (2012-08-31). "Future Drinking: Fong Chong to Become a Strip Club". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  4. Perry, Douglas (2018-08-30). "Retail experiences that defined old Portland: Sex shops, Meier & Frank monorail and Edgar Allan Poe". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. Perry, Douglas (2018-06-21). "Secret tunnels, not-so-secret gambling, great food: Old Town Chinatown pics capture dramatic history". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  6. Russell, Michael (2017-10-24). "Is downtown Portland getting a new dim sum restaurant?". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  7. "Scoop: Coal-Fired Pizza is Still OK, Right?". Willamette Week. 2014-06-03. Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  8. Butler, Grant (2017-01-01). "Tasty memories: 97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  9. DeJesus, Erin (2014-06-04). "The Shutter". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  10. "Oregon's Chinese Heritage: A Legacy of Places". Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. DeJesus, Erin (2013-02-06). "Portland's Biggest Guilty Pleasure Restaurants, Mapped". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
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