A Guilin place with branches in Milpitas, Oakland and San Mateo- Fen.
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Closures
- Yelp indicates Oakland Eden Silk Road has closed and I’ve confirmed that their phone number is unactive. It was the last remaining SFBA location of the Herembag chain, notable for their Uyghur dishes. They had first opened in Fremont, and former employees went onto open businesses such as now-closed Sama Uyghur and, what’s now the only SFBA Uyghur restaurant, Küsan Uyghur Cuisine, which has a main San Jose location and a San Francisco virtual kitchen HO. For more background, see Momo Chang’s 2020 article.
- Happy House (San Jose) which was part of the Northeastern Chinese LiLian Gui XunRou DaBing chain.
- Mountain View’s Chang’an Artisan Noodle has closed.
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Ahh. I noticed they weren’t open last time I stopped by that mall a month ago. Didn’t realize they are gone for good.
Looks like they’re closed for good, at least at that location and/or format—- they transferred the liquor license to a sushi restaurant (different people) at the same address: https://www.abc.ca.gov/licensing/license-lookup/single-license/?RPTTYPE=12&LICENSE=632478
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Closures
- I’m saddened to report that a Yelper saw a sign at San Carlos’s Panda Dumpling announcing their closure. HO members were fond of their XLB and other dishes.
- Gangnam House, whose name was a play on the Jiangnan region, has closed.
Openings
- Taiwanese Sichuan chain Duan Chun Zhen Noodle House opened up their first US location in Cupertino.
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
That’s so sad. But then again, I haven’t been there for a couple of years because of the pandemic…
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Jiangnan Cuisine on Balboa has re-opened as Rong’s, reportedly with the same chef, different owners!
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well that was real unlucky for them. KTSF reported that a driver yesterday at 1pm accidentally rammed the car from the parking lot into the restaurant. Damaged the window area and part of inside. They were closed on Mondays so no injuries fortunately, but they will only open for takeouts for the time being.
Openings
- Crab Lover (Cupertino) has closed, and been replaced by a part of the Porridge/Noodles & Things group, which has Chiu Chow appetizers and soups and things (h/t/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/SFhappyeaters). English name is “Special Noodle Soup”, at least according to ABC records.
- North Oakland/Temescal’s Korean-Chinese Koryo Jajang has been replaced with Gangnam Jajang. I’m flooded with memories thinking about meals I had there when I lived in Oakland, and am glad to see a similar format restaurant continuing.
- Dumpling Time has opened their San Jose location.
Closures
- Dragon Gate Bar & Grille documented the closure of the 8 year old restaurant on their Facebook page.
- Flaming House (Newark) has closed. It had undergone some format iterations, including Hunan style food.
- Flaming Kitchen (Millbrae) Taiwanese/Hotpot has closed.
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Soon, I’m going to link all the Chowhound links in the original post to the corresponding posts on archive.org. In the meantime,
Openings
- Pan-Fried Dumplings is now Special Noodle (West San Jose) , self described as “XLB , Soup pan fry pork buns , Chinese street snacks and super delicious special noodle bowls.” The receipt suggests it’s still part of the same “Four sisters” group.
- Tong Dumpling now has San Jose location. They have a few Shandong items on the “Chef’s Specials” section of their menu and their Cupertino location had/has? some Shandong specialities too.
- Dumpling 85 (San Ramon) sheng jian bao, a few types of XLB, three noodle dishes (lanzhou beef noodle, ginger scallion, zha Jiang). Whoa— the beef pancake is a pan-fried/sealed/stuffed xian bing!
- Highland Noodles (Milpitas) replaces Flaming Village Szechuan Restaurant. I can’t find a menu… the Chinese name, and Yelp reviews, mention Lanzhou hand pulled noodle soup, and I’m seeing pics of Northeastern-style sweet and sour pork.
- JJamPPong, Korean Chinese, was mentioned one thread back. Anyone try it so far?
- Top Pot opens a Pleasanton location
- Special Noodle Soup (Cupertino) replaces Crab Lover and has some Chiu Chow Appetizers. Menu echoes Noodles/Porridge & Things, but none show a relationship on their respective websites.
Closures
- Pan-Fried Dumplings (West San Jose)
- Flaming Village Szechuan Restaurant (Milpitas)
- Fashion Wok (Foster City)
- A Heart Szechuan Fish (Hayward)
- Wok This Way (SF Richmond district)
- Shanghai Cuisine (Union City)
- Noodle Talk (Sunnyvale)
- Simmer (SF Parkside)
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Thanks for your continuing updates!!! Any news about Yum Cha Palace in Menlo Park? It appears to be closed…
Closed
- Soupterra (San Jose)
- Noodle Talk (San Jose), which specialized in Hunan noodles, and still has two sister restaurants
- Underground Grill King/King of Noodles Noriega
- Fang Yuan Kitchen (SF), which served Sichuan items
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Palo Alto Daily Post reported that Panda Dumpling closed due to the person who files ADA lawsuits against many different restaurants.
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I don’t really have anything positive to say about this man who filed all these ADA lawsuit. My car mechanic closed up his shop because of his lawsuit, and now Panda Dumpling.
What goes around, comes around.
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Closed
- Yelp indicates Yum’s Bistro, which changed hands before the pandemic, has closed.
- My BBQ (Milpitas)
- Kusan Uyghur (SF), the ghost kitchen of the San Jose restaurant
- Du Xiao Yue (Fremont), Taiwanese
- Chang’an Artisan Noodle (Mountain View) Shaanxi
- Bow1 (Newark) Malatang
- Bai Xing Jia Hunan Fusion (Fremont)
Openings
- Pushcart Fare, in the Mission on 22nd between Bartlett & Mission, has been replaced by a satellite of Chinatown’s House of Dim Sum. A pared down menu compared to the Jackson St. location.
- Laka Spicy replaces Noodles & Things - Millbrae. Some menu items, like Chiu Chow broth, suggest it’s a rebranding. Any insights?
- Little Chengdu (Millbrae), which a Yelper says is related to defunct Little Sichuan (San Mateo), but the ABC licenses don’t confirm (Little Chengdu Millbrae vs. Little Sichuan San Mateo). That said, the latter had various chefs and partners, including at one time Bodega Bistro’s Jimmy Kwok, so it’s possible.
- Mom Dumpling expands their Pleasanton restaurant to a Park Merced, SF location.
- New China Foods/Restaurant bills itself as northeastern Chinese, also has bento (Taiwanese?), freezer section. Is this related to the New China Foods Union City and Milpitas?
- Dumpling Union SF’s Marina district now has a dumpling etc. restaurant.
- Friendship BBQ (Santa Clara) Whoa, they are a chain that started in New York. It has a mix of Shaokao (Chuan’er), Chongqing-style grilled fish, etc. Has a NY-founded Chinese restaurant expanded to the Bay Area before?
- Lucky Dumpling (Milpitas). The Chinese name is 泰和山东水饺二部 (Taihe Shandong Dumpling Part II), which I think would be the sequel to Happy Family Gourmet/Shandong Deluxe on Taraval.
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I am curious to know what people of think of 88 Bao Bao. I have friends from China who like it but the few times I have tried it at the Dublin location I just thought it was okay.
That’s too bad. I remember Yum’s Bistro before it changed hands, and it was very good. Great spot for pre-order dishes or a casual lunch alike. It will be missed. I remember the winter melon soup, the abalone with goose web and shiitake mushroom, etc.
On another note, thanks for the roundup.
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Wow, sad to hear Great Wall/Berkeley has closed suddenly. Also Little Shin Shin/Oakland. Great Wall’s owner sold the business; LSS’s owner retired:
Little Shin Shin and Great Wall Chinese Restaurant quietly close
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Openings
- Long Men Bay Hot Pot (Newark) opens in the former Yi Hotpot space.
- Fans of Eng’s ZongZi will happy to hear that the owner have opened ZongZi House (San Jose), and serves Shanghai and Cantonese versions of ZongZi and some frozen dumplings.
- 88 Bao Bao has expanded beyond Dublin and Castro Valley to Brentwood
- Shanghai Dumpling King, which closed their original Outer Richmond location and still operates one in Sunnyside, has opened a new location in the former Cathay Express Restaurant location in Duboce Triangle. The menu retains Shanghai dumplings and noodles, but eliminates most of the broader menu of Shanghainese specialities and even the popular egg puff. They’ve added a menu section for Chao bing, which isn’t common outside of Beijing-style restaurants.
Closures
- Chinese Japanese Yu Raku (San Mateo) closed. Luke Tsai reported after it announced its closure, which was announced long enough in advance that longtime fans were able to grab last bites.
- Hakka Cuisine (Fremont) has closed.
- Shinry Lamian (Fremont) has closed.
- Root (South San Francisco), the Bay Area’s only restaurant with several Jiangxi specialties closed. The Jianxi-born owner of Noodles Fresh (Berkeley , El Cerrito ) Luke Tsai serves one noodle dish from that region.
- Rolling Snack (Newark), which opened in late 2020, and served deep-fried Sichuan skewers, has closed.
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