Yank Sing

Yank Sing
Restaurant information
StateCalifornia
CountryUnited States

Yank Sing is a dim sum with locations in the Rincon Center (opened in 1999) with a second location on Stevenson Street in the Financial District, San Francisco.[1]

The original location open at Broadway and Powell Street, Chinatown, San Francisco in 1958 by Alice Chan. Vera Chan-Waller, her granddaughter, and husband Nathan Waller are the current owners. Her father Henry dropped out of medical school weeks shy of completion when Alice got sick and needed the help.[1]

Chef and restaurateur Cecilia Chiang lunched at the Chinatown location every day and Dianne Feinstein was a frequent customer at their Battery Street location.[1] Woody Allen filmed part of his 1972 movie Play It Again, Sam at the Broadway location.[2] The James Beard Foundation named them an American Classic in 2009.[3] The restaurant was featured on Season 1, Episode 2 of The Best Thing I Ever Ate.

  1. ^ a b c Wells, Madeline (September 26, 2022). "Famous San Francisco dim sum restaurant Yank Sing is where tourists, co-workers and locals collide". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ Ness, Carol (March 30, 2005). "Dim Sum Dynasty / Yank Sing's Chan family has spent generations honing the recipe for success". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  3. ^ "San Francisco Yank Sing Restaurant Workers Win Record Settlement". NBC News. November 24, 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2023.