Business Supporting Business: 12Pell + Mee Sum Cafe
Introducing a new 3-part mini stories series, “Business Supporting Business” where we speak with local Chinatown business owners about their favorite Chinatown spots. Through our work, we learned of so many incredible stories from small business owners in the neighborhood where a common theme across the board illustrated the community’s shared love, support and camaraderie for each other. Our first story: 12Pell on Mee Sum Cafe
Announcing Our 2nd Round Longevity Fund Grantees
We are thrilled to announce our second round of Longevity Fund grant recipients! Thanks to you and your donations, we are able to grant 23 Chinatown small businesses with $5,000 grants in this second of three rounds.
Feast on The Little One’s Delights with their Made in Chinatown Collection
Inspired by their travels in Japan and minimalist design sensibility there, Olivia and her business partner Eddie founded the Little One in 2017. Both born and raised in Chinatown, Olivia and Eddie went from seeing each other in Columbus Park, to joining the next generation of Chinatown business owners. Read more about the creative process behind their Made in Chinatown collection here!
Business Spotlight: New York Bo Ky
Open since December 2019, New York Bo Ky on Baxter Street is a spin-off of Chinatown’s most well-known Teochew eatery, Bo Ky Restaurant, which has been serving steaming bowls of noodle soup on Bayard Street since 1986. Read on to learn more about what makes Teochew cuisine so unique and what you should definitely order the next time you visit New York Bo Ky!