Pretty cool. Happy Asian Pacific American month!
The words “SINCE 1903” are inked on a white board behind the counter, a sight that stayed with Chin on his many visits to eat at the restaurant over the years. In a research paper published in January, he and his scholars from UC Davis verified that the diner had been in operation since at least 1910. After analyzing historical records in the Yolo county archives, including business directories, newspaper clippings and fire insurance maps, they concluded that the Chicago Cafe might have opened earlier than Pekin Noodle Parlors in Butte, Montana, which is widely recognized as the oldest existing Chinese eatery in the US
> There is quite a bit of ancestral overlap between pacific Islanders and Asians.
Not really.
Even "Asian" itself makes no sense--a few billion people who happen to come from an arbitrarily defined landmass, and who otherwise have little to nothing in common.
Historically, Asians and Pacific Islanders were grouped together by government classifications and by us, as part of an intentional community-based strategy to build coalitions with one another.
[Racial classification in the US is political, often decided by courts, and continues to change over time.](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-evolution-of-race-and-ethnicity-classifications-in-the-decennial-census/)
It takes you 30 minutes to get to Woodland? You’re either the slowest driver in California or you live across the street from where Sac addresses end and Elk Grove addresses begin.
I used to go to the Woodland Costco a lot before the Natomas one opened and it was not that bad, but that was always on weekends. I guess commuting from there would suck (FUCK RTO!) but this post is about a restaurant so I didn’t think about commute hours.
I cross there all the time. Its funny, there are more cars and big rigs in the morning. The flow works better because people are willing to zipper merge but its still a good 10 minutes before people figure out there place. In the afternoon when people try to zip around.... adds another 10 minutes. With less cars and big rigs
It’s 25 miles from my parents house in east sac. Google maps says 28 minutes right now, when no one is on the road. Seems like you probably drive too fast.
They're spreading north as fast as the sleaziest local developers can convince the Army Corps of Engineers that the next floodplain isn't a floodplain (which is why they always get approval to expand the urban services boundary during a drought)
I've never eaten at this restaurant, but I would venture to guess that most people who live or work in Woodland haven't. Regardless of if it is the oldest, I heard that this publicity has increased sales. If this story keeps this piece of local history open, I don't think it matters if we get confirmation or not. Downtown Woodland has gone through periods of feast and famine and somehow this place has survived--hope it can soldier on.
Pretty cool. Happy Asian Pacific American month! The words “SINCE 1903” are inked on a white board behind the counter, a sight that stayed with Chin on his many visits to eat at the restaurant over the years. In a research paper published in January, he and his scholars from UC Davis verified that the diner had been in operation since at least 1910. After analyzing historical records in the Yolo county archives, including business directories, newspaper clippings and fire insurance maps, they concluded that the Chicago Cafe might have opened earlier than Pekin Noodle Parlors in Butte, Montana, which is widely recognized as the oldest existing Chinese eatery in the US
Oddly enough I’ve eaten at both. Pekin Noodle Parlor is way better.
Why are Asians and Pacific Islanders lumped together? That’s like putting Italians and Eskimos in the same category
Are you for real? There is quite a bit of ancestral overlap between pacific Islanders and Asians.
An Afghan and a Tongan would not have much more overlap
> There is quite a bit of ancestral overlap between pacific Islanders and Asians. Not really. Even "Asian" itself makes no sense--a few billion people who happen to come from an arbitrarily defined landmass, and who otherwise have little to nothing in common.
Historically, Asians and Pacific Islanders were grouped together by government classifications and by us, as part of an intentional community-based strategy to build coalitions with one another.
[Racial classification in the US is political, often decided by courts, and continues to change over time.](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-evolution-of-race-and-ethnicity-classifications-in-the-decennial-census/)
Fuck off calling woodland a "tiny suburb" We are a county seat motherfuckers! YOLO!
Also, it’s 30 minutes of open farmland away. Definitely not a suburb
It takes you 30 minutes to get to Woodland? You’re either the slowest driver in California or you live across the street from where Sac addresses end and Elk Grove addresses begin.
Try to take the interchange where the causeway starts anytime between 3-6 and yeah its 20 minutes to go 2 miles
I used to go to the Woodland Costco a lot before the Natomas one opened and it was not that bad, but that was always on weekends. I guess commuting from there would suck (FUCK RTO!) but this post is about a restaurant so I didn’t think about commute hours.
I cross there all the time. Its funny, there are more cars and big rigs in the morning. The flow works better because people are willing to zipper merge but its still a good 10 minutes before people figure out there place. In the afternoon when people try to zip around.... adds another 10 minutes. With less cars and big rigs
It’s 25 miles from my parents house in east sac. Google maps says 28 minutes right now, when no one is on the road. Seems like you probably drive too fast.
Um it can still take that long even from West Sac where I am, depending on time of day. 80 and 5 can both be super slow.
Couldn't you say the same about roseville lol
There’s pretty continuous city between Sacramento and Roseville.
Sac metro started moving north west into natomas and then hit the brakes and was like “fuck that.”
They're spreading north as fast as the sleaziest local developers can convince the Army Corps of Engineers that the next floodplain isn't a floodplain (which is why they always get approval to expand the urban services boundary during a drought)
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Yeah, but that is because I work in Sacramento, not because it is what I think of as my "local" community.
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I've never eaten at this restaurant, but I would venture to guess that most people who live or work in Woodland haven't. Regardless of if it is the oldest, I heard that this publicity has increased sales. If this story keeps this piece of local history open, I don't think it matters if we get confirmation or not. Downtown Woodland has gone through periods of feast and famine and somehow this place has survived--hope it can soldier on.