Hollywood East Café

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See more items in: Asian American Foodways Project Records; Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 4: Eating and dining

Sponsor: This Asian Pacific American Foodways Project received Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.

Biographical / Historical: Hollywood East Café is a Chinese restaurant known for its dim sum and large banquet hall, which has been a gathering place for the local Chinese American community since it first opened in Wheaton, Maryland, in 1996. Owner Janet Yu and her husband Alan opened a second location in Silver Spring, Maryland in the mid-2000s, then closed both locations in 2008, and re-opened the current space in the Westfield Wheaton Mall in 2010. The name, Hollywood East, pays homage to Alan's connections to Hong Kong cinema, and the restaurant's draw as a host to Hong Kong singers and actors who tour and perform in the region. Following Alan's death, Janet Yu operates the restaurant with the assistance of her adult sons.

Collection Citation: Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: This subseries contains photographs and an oral history interview about Hollywood East Café. Materials were created in 2020.

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Related Materials: This subseries contains artifacts catalogued in the ACM Objects collection.