![]() ![]() In 2008, the display was removed during building renovations and for safety reasons, and put into storage at a sign repository in Scappoose, Oregon. The two-story, 2,000-pound (910 kg) sign and its supports were severely damaged by the 2000s. The restaurant erected a large advertisement, which became known as the "Hung Far Low sign" (or the "Chop Suey Hung Far Low Cocktails" sign, based on its displayed text), as early as 1928. Sign The restaurant's renovated sign in 2011 Īmerican chemist Kenneth Koe washed dishes at Hung Far Low while attending Reed College. Happy hour was available from 1–4pm, Monday through Friday. Hung Far Low was open from 11am to 11pm, Sunday through Thursday, and from 11am to 11:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Sarah Mirk and Denis Theriault of The Portland Mercury said the restaurant " a squat building with a large parking lot and a bland rectangular sign within view of two other Chinese restaurants and two Asian markets". In 2005, the restaurant relocated to 2410 Southeast 82nd Avenue, at the intersection of 82nd Avenue and Division Street in the Montavilla neighborhood, because of the Portland Development Commission's urban renewal plans, construction interferences, and increasing rent costs. In her 2013 book Walking Portland: 30 Tours of Stumptown's Funky Neighborhoods, Historic Landmarks, Park Trails, Farmers Markets, and Brewpubs, Becky Ohlsen said of the restaurant: "Dedicated barflies adored Hung Far Low for the minuscule corner bar, dark as night, with its tiny, cheap, and powerful drinks, impassive bartenders, glowing Buddha statue, and perilously long, narrow staircase that led up from the street." According to the National Park Service, the Wong family still owns the building today. In 1938, the restaurant's proprietor, Jack Wong, purchased the building from the Stubbs family. Located at 112 Northwest 4th Avenue in Portland's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, the restaurant was owned by Wong On and open from lunch to early morning. The Chinese restaurant Hung Far Low, which means "red flower restaurant" in Cantonese or "almond blossom fragrance" in the Taishanese dialect, was established in 1928 and housed in a building completed in 1916. Hung Far Low was a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. ![]()
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