“Eat Chinatown.” a community-sourced paean to beloved Chinatown restaurants of the past put together by Andria Lo and Valerie Luu opened last night at 41 Ross Alley, the art space supporting the Chinatown Community Development Center. It’s a fun and instructive exhibition of oral histories, memorabilia and photography which will be in place until April 9. 41 Ross Alley is just across the street from the Chinatown Fortune Cookie Factory. [Disclaimer: there’s a story by/about me on the back wall, which, as Valerie pointed out, was the only contribution by a guilao.]
You may know Andria from her food reviews and photography at East Bay Express and Valerie as co-founder of Rice Paper Scissors, the oldest established permanent floating Vietnamese food pop-up in San Francisco. The two are also collaborators on the Chinatown Pretty website and project.
Artists and transit staff celebrate the opening of ‘Made in Chinatown,’ a pop-up inside Chinatown-Rose Pak Station, on Dec. 18, 2023. | Source:Han Li/The Standard
Mayor London Breed speaks at a news conference Friday to announce the acquisition of the first permanent space owned by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, at 667 Grant Ave. in Chinatown. She was joined by the Center’s executive director, Jenny Leung; Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin; City Attorney David Chiu; Supervisor Connie Chan, and the former owner of the building, businesswoman Betty Louie.
Mayor London Breed speaks at a news conference Friday to announce the acquisition of the first permanent space owned by the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, at 667 Grant Ave. in Chinatown. She was joined by the Center’s executive director, Jenny Leung; Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin; City Attorney David Chiu; Supervisor Connie Chan, and the former owner of the building, businesswoman Betty Louie.
Explore San Francisco Chinatown with photographer Reagan Louie. His notable work captures China throughout the decades, but the beginning of his journey started right here in this historic local neighborhood. Listen as he shares how grief transformed his artistic practice to center community and joy. Music by local artists Yi Fang and Oddity.
