We greatly appreciate our listeners and readers and thank you for joining us on this journey so far. Check them out and consider being a sponsor. If you’d like to help out, there are six different pledge levels. Please visit our page on Patreon and watch a short video of us recording the show and talking about our expansion plans. We are now a creator on Patreon, a patronage platform where you can support your favorite content creators. We’re also looking to improve and expand the show in other ways - publishing, social media, live events and other forms of media. We are now producing a new Bowery Boys podcast every week. The Bowery Boys: New York City History podcast is brought to you …. (Byron Company/ Museum of the City of New York) Edward Hopper / Chop Suey (1929) The glamorous interior of Ruby Foo’s Den (via Restauranting Through History) Via the Daily News () Taken in Chinatown, 1950, for Look Magazine by Robert Offergeld (Courtesy Museum of the City of New York)Īfter listening to Chop Suey City, check out these past Bowery Boys episodes on subjects featured in the latest show. Think chop suey restaurant from the mid century encapsulated in time. Labeled as ‘the Chinese Delmonico’s’, perhaps the Port Arthur. (check out a detailed version of this photo over at Shorpy) An early photograph of the Port Arthur on Mott Street (courtesy Library of Congress) New York Public Library Interior of a Chinatown restaurant, 1905. The Chinese Tuxedo on Doyers Street, 1901. LISTEN NOW: CHOP SUEY CITY: A HISTORY OF CHINESE FOOD IN NEW YORK PLUS: The love affair between Chinese food and Jewish New Yorkers. Through the next several decades, Chinese food would be transformed into something truly American and the Chinese dining experience would incorporate neon signs, fabulous cocktails and even glamorous floor shows in the 1940s.įEATURING: The Port Arthur Restaurant, the Chinese Tuxedo, Ruby Foo’s Den, Tao, Lucky Cheng’s and that place known as ‘Szechuan Valley’. By the 1920s, chop suey had taken New York by storm, the cuisine perfect for the Jazz Age. We have one particular dish to thank for the mainstreaming of Chinese food - chop suey. In this episode, Greg explores the history of Chinese food in New York - from the first Mott Street eateries in Manhattan’s Chinatown to the sleek 20th century eateries of Midtown. Chinese food entered the regular diet of the city LONG before the bagel, the hot dog and even pizza. EPISODE 328 New Yorkers eat a LOT of Chinese food and have enjoyed Chinese cuisine – either in a restaurant or as takeout – for well over 130 years.
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