Fong Chong

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Fong Chong
Fong Chong Restaurant.jpg
The interior of the restaurant
Restaurant information
Food type
  • Asian
  • Chinese
Street address301 Northwest 4th Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°31′31″N 122°40′29″W / 45.5253°N 122.6746°W / 45.5253; -122.6746Coordinates: 45°31′31″N 122°40′29″W / 45.5253°N 122.6746°W / 45.5253; -122.6746

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

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[]

  • List of Chinese restaurants
  • List of defunct restaurants of the United States

References[]

  1. ^ "Can a New Portland Museum Save Chinatown's History?". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. ^ Parks, Casey (2015-11-09). "Who gets to say 'ghetto'? Chinese artist, nonprofit disagree". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2021-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Future Drinking: Fong Chong to Become a Strip Club".
  4. ^ Perry, Douglas (2018-08-30). "Retail experiences that defined old Portland: Sex shops, Meier & Frank monorail and Edgar Allan Poe". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2021-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Perry, Douglas (2018-06-21). "Secret tunnels, not-so-secret gambling, great food: Old Town Chinatown pics capture dramatic history". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2021-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Russell, Michael (2017-10-24). "Is downtown Portland getting a new dim sum restaurant?". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2021-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Scoop: Coal-Fired Pizza is Still OK, Right?".
  8. ^ a b Butler, Grant (2017-01-01). "Tasty memories: 97 long-gone Portland restaurants we wish were still around". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2021-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2014-06-04). "The Shutter". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  10. ^ https://www.oregonschineseheritage.com
  11. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/1541fa97-f900-4a67-8e80-65f98b9841ab
  12. ^ DeJesus, Erin (2013-02-06). "Portland's Biggest Guilty Pleasure Restaurants, Mapped". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-05-20.

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