- Mandarin Gardin (Concord) Korean-Chinese, has transferred its liquor license to a different restaurant at the same address, but appears to be open based on recent Yelp reviews
- According to ABC records, the owner of Fiery Shanghai (Pleasanton) is opening up “Top Pot Restaurant” in the same complex, in the former Yummy Chengdu spot. There’s no indication that it is associated with the Pacifica restaurant “Top Pot”, which, incidentally, have/had? biang biang noodles to accompany hot pot. Yay Pacifica!
- I tossed Dim Sum Corner (SF Chinatown) HO into the Shanxi category to acknowledge that they’re the only remaining restaurant that has scissor-cut noodles (M.Y. China was the first and only other to my knowledge).
- If I’m understanding a Yelp reviewer correctly, Elite Dumpling (Hayward) has since later 2019 been the rebranded version of Cantonese/Chinese American House Cafe. I’m not sure if House Cafe’s staff/chef are still there now, but they were always very nice, and I recall the chef saying he used to run a Cantonese place somewhere around Fruitvale, Oakland. Anyway … the menus show no obvious connection, but apparently Elite Dumpling shares an owner with Vision Dumpling (South San Francisco) and Dumpling Era (San Bruno)
- Speaking of dumpling chains, Dumpling Garden (Mountain View) owner Kenny Qiu now owns five places, and managed to pose with customer Tyra Banks early on. In addition to Dumpling Garden HO, he now opens Dumpling Capital (Santa Clara), Epic Dumpling (Sunnyvale), Dumpling Depot (Sunnyvale) HO, and Dumpling City (Palo Alto). Along with the different names, are different menu compositions at each location.
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