KTVU Reports on Chicago Cafe Being Up for Sale

Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin spoke to Oakland’s KTVU Channel 2 for a March 25 story about Woodland’s historic Chicago Cafe being up for sale.

“The Chicago Cafe is an important part of California and U.S. history,” Chin said. “On the surface, it is an ordinary family restaurant, but when examined more closely, it reveals a remarkable immigrant story.”

Dating to the early 20th century, the Chicago Cafe has been operated by three generations of the Fong family. Chin led an interdisciplinary UC Davis research project that found it is the longest continuously operating Chinese restaurant in California, and likely the United States.