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Where do the Chinese eat in San Francisco?

1 post · Jul 18, 2004

AnonymousJul 18, 2004
>I lived in San Francisco in the late '70s and remember eating in
>little hole-in-the-wall Chinese places where my girlfriend and I were
>the only Anglos, dinner was about $4 and the only utensils were
>chopsticks.  I have particularly fond memories of a place called Wing
>Lee's up somewhere on Russian Hill.  I'm sure that it's long gone.
>
>I'm going back to SF with my family next month and want to repeat that
>experience, to the extent possible.  What I DON'T want is to go to the
>tourist places in Chinatown or down on Fisherman's Wharf.  I'm looking
>for spots that regular Chinese folks go to eat and that are probably
>located in a neighborhood, not a main drag.  (I realize prices are
>probably way up.)
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions -- if not specific restaurants, at
>least where to look?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mark

Clement Street.  Take the 32 Geary bus and get off around 22nd and walk one block north.  A request in the ba.food newsgroup might yield some current restaurant recommendations in that neighborhood which is where a lot of chinese people moved to from Chinatown years back.

Buzz
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