China Restaurant, Chicago Chinatown - Collecting Tiki

TM Tipsy McStagger Tiki Socialite HELL Joined: Nov 21, 2004 Posts: 3685	TM Tipsy McStagger Posted posted on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 11:14 AM On 2008-11-25 09:43, BambooLodge wrote: We bought the same mug a while back in a local antique mall and brought it to Suzy at Chef Shangri-La and this is what she had to say..... China Restaurant was owned by Paul Fong's brother,and Suzy thinks it was in the same location of another famous Chinatown restaurand called Chiam. She also said she's pretty sure it closed in the late 70's or early 80's. Hope this helps! i actually have a few pineapple mugs from chiam....you can still find them from time to time in these parts...

On 2008-11-25 09:43, BambooLodge wrote:
We bought the same mug a while back in a local antique mall and brought it to Suzy at Chef Shangri-La and this is what she had to say.....

China Restaurant was owned by Paul Fong's brother,and Suzy thinks it was in the same location of another famous Chinatown restaurand called Chiam. She also said she's pretty sure it closed in the late 70's or early 80's. Hope this helps!

i actually have a few pineapple mugs from chiam....you can still find them from time to time in these parts...

Post #420821 by Tipsy McStagger on Tue, Nov 25, 2008 11:14 AM