Daily archives: May 13, 2019


The Kwong Chow Restaurant

Jean and Doyle decided to open a restaurant, rather than continue the grocery store. In 1959, they opened the restaurant in downtown Chinatown and called it Kwong Chow, named after a city in China – famous for its Cantonese cuisine. The restaurant was successful for many years and attracted well-known people over the years from […]

Black and white of Jean Lumb smiling in front of her chinatown restaurant