Business Spotlight: Grand Tea & Imports
Welcome to Chinatown spoke with Alice Liu of Grand Tea & Imports, purveyors of unique teas, spiritual goods, and Chinese cultural products, and grant recipient of The Longevity Fund. Alice and her family run GTI as a multi-generational family business, open since 2006. Learn more about how her dad, “Teafucius,” got started, and how you can support them as they recover from a recent fire.
Our Six Month Financial Update: $250,000+ Back Into Chinatown
It’s hard to believe we recently surpassed our first six months as a grassroots initiative. So much and so little seems to have changed. While we’re still in the midst of a pandemic, major economic loss, a continued fight for racial justice, political turmoil, natural disasters… we really had to take a step back to appreciate what is good in the world, and that starts with you, our donors. Together, we have put back more than $250,000 into Chinatown’s small businesses. Thank you.
Celebrate 88 Lan Zhou’s Legacy With Our Latest Collection
88 Lan Zhou’s hand-pulled noodle dishes, dumplings, and deli containers full of chili oil, all made in-house, always delicious and affordable, have made them a famous and much beloved fixture of Chinatown since opening in 2007.
Read more about how Welcome to Chinatown partnered with 88 Lan Zhou for the latest addition to Pearl River Mart’s Chinatown Collection, and how you can support them before they close their doors on October 31.
Business Spotlight: Hop Kee Restaurant
Open since 1968, Hop Kee is one of the oldest restaurants in Chinatown and serves up traditional Chinese Cantonese style comfort food late into the night in a no-frills, basement location on a historic corner of Mott Street. Read on to learn more about how Peter Lee, owner and operator of Hop Kee, a grant recipient of The Longevity Fund, has seen Chinatown change over the decades and how he’s been fighting to keep his restaurant alive during COVID-19.