Ruby Chinese Restaurant Seattle

Bruce lee outside ruby chow s source.

Ruby chinese restaurant seattle.

He arrived in 1959 and lived and worked at the ruby chow restaurant in seattle. It was the first chinese restaurant outside of seattle s chinatown. Posted by crabapple. 8917 roosevelt way ne seattle wa 98115 u s a.

Happy hour daily 2 5 30 pm. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Ruby gum seung mar chow was born in seattle wa 06 06 1920 06 04 2008 but also lived in new york ny. Full red dragon menu available special bar deals on food.

Ruby wanted to encourage girls from 11 to 21 to develop social skills and self esteem and add some chinese flavor to seattle s annual seafair torchlight parade. She opened ruby chow s making it one of the leading chinese restaurants in seattle. The building is no longer there and is now the parking lot for first hill medical building. Best chinese restaurant seattle magazine readers choice seattle magazine.

In 1952 ruby chow helped a girl s group called the chi ettes form the chinese community girls drill team. Ruby chow s spokane washington. 339 likes 2 talking about this 488 were here. Ruby s uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

Ruby chow was a restauranteur that became the first asian american to serve on the king county council seattle where she served three terms. The business and political elite frequented this establishement and according to longtime seattleite jean godden to receive an invitation to celebrate. Chow and her husband ping opened ruby chow s restaurant on broadway and jefferson street the first chinese restaurant in seattle outside chinatown. Join our official group on facebook judy fu s snappy dragon restaurant.

Chow s restaurant staff subsequently included a young bruce lee the kung fu master. She and her second husband opened ruby chow s restaurant in 1948 at 1122 jefferson street at the corner of broadway jefferson in seattle s first hill neighborhood.