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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Cincinnati Chinese Food: A Sweet & Sour History

Cincinnati Chinese Food: A Sweet & Sour History

Woellert, Dann
Wong Greenwood, Bonnie

Paperback

Series: American Palate

20th Century United States History21st Century United States HistoryRegional: Midwest

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 1467170704
ISBN13: 9781467170703
Publisher: History Press
Published: Aug 18 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.80
Language: English

Savor the unexpected and altogether delectable history of Chinese food in the Queen City

While a smattering of chop suey houses were sprinkled around Cincinnati around the turn of the twentieth century, Wong Yie was the first to present the cuisine to non-Chinese Cincinnatians as a new, exotic, and upscale dining experience with his Gold Dragon in 1911. Despite challenges from the Chinese Exclusion Act, which exacerbated the already massive difficulties faced by Chinese immigrants, Yie's restaurant spawned more than eighty Chinese restaurants in the city, famed spots such as the Canton, the Wah Mee, and the Fortune Kookie. Proprietors like Mike Wong of Oriental Wok and Johnny Chu of KungFood Chu's AmerAsia keep our local Chinese food culture alive and evolving.

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