dnoblett Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) We are in Toronto, Ontario this weekend, visiting friends, this is Yu's 4th trip here, and every time we make the 3 hour trip around the lake to our neighbor to the north, we visit Chinatown, usualy the old downtown one, but this time we decided to explore the newer locations on the north side of the city, this got me thinking there needs to be a Chinatown thread on CFL much like the Chinese Grocery store thread. OK so I will start this topic off with, well not quite stateside but close enough once your Wife/Husband has their GREEN-CARD or Citizenship. Toronto Ontario Canada. Old Chinatown: DOWNTOWN TorontoDundas/Spadina222 Spadina avToronto, ON M5T 2C2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Toronto Google MAP Scarborough, Markham, and Richmond Hill (North East, Toronto) http://www.geocities.com/cplarosa/toronto/malls.htm http://www.pacificmalltoronto.com/New Century Plaza, Metro Square The Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada, has at least six Chinatowns ¡ª three are located within the city's boundaries, while the other three are located in adjacent suburbs. Chinatown Toronto - Downtown Chinatown. Toronto's is the second largest Chinatown in North America and the largest when all six Chinatowns are grouped as one. It is centred around the intersection of Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue, and extends outward from this point along both streets. It has grown significantly over the years an ... MORE http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Chinat...onto/id/1965874 Edited November 19, 2009 by dnoblett (see edit history) Link to comment
chilton747 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 China town in Atlanta Georgia is in Chamblee. http://www.atlantachinatown.com/ Link to comment
tonado Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Boston's Chinatown is only 10 miles from my home. I go there once every month but my parents go there every other days. My mom prefers fresh veggies and fresh live chicken. We also visit the Kam Man Plaza in Quincy once a while. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Boston http://www.southofboston.net/specialreport.../day1-main.html Link to comment
Feathers268 Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 California, Chinatowns I know of are in San Francisco, Oakland, Fresno, Los Angelese, and I believe in San Jose. There are also extensive communities in Sacramento, Santa Clara/ San Jose, and thoughout the LA Basin. Link to comment
Smitty Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Can't say for Tacoma, or Spokane, or Olympia, but for Seattle it's a bit different than any other Chinatown I've seen. In Seattle it's called the International District, and it's right by both of the Stadiums, the Convention Center(but there are two convention centers in Seattle!), and the train station. While International is stretching it a bit thin, it's mostly Japanese and Chinese in terms of stores and restaurants. It's also fairly small, and only seems to be a few blocks in terms of area. There are some other communities in the area, like Federal Way to the south, that have a focus on other Asian countries. Federal Way undergoing more of a transition to Korean culture. Google Map. Link to comment
Guest Pommey Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 China town in Taos seems to be our house Link to comment
Dennis143 Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Chinatown Los Angeles is ~Main Street and Alameda Ave (north Broadway). But, that's if you're a tourist. Events there are still very cool...but... The real "Chinatown" in LA is in the San Gabriel Valley and, in particular, in Alhambra and Monterey Park, CA. Link to comment
warpedbored Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Here in Portland the traditional Chinatown gets smaller every year. Most of the Chinese businesses are on SE 82nd Ave between Foster and Division now. We have a pretty good sized Asian mall that is predominantly Chinese on 82nd between Powell and Division. Fubon Supermarket is the main business there.http://www.fubonn.com/ Link to comment
george lee Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 (edited) you saw the rest, now see the best chinatown in USA some reading materialshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Manhattanhttp://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html some websites about nyc chinatownhttp://www.chinatown-online.com/http://www.nychinatown.org/index.htmlhttp://www.explorechinatown.com/ google queens and brooklyn chinatown for more information. edit: chinatowns in canada and the united states, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatowns_in_North_America edit: interesting note on nyc chinatown does not have a paifang compared to other chinatowns in north america. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paifang Edited July 31, 2009 by george lee (see edit history) Link to comment
Smitty Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Chinatown Los Angeles is ~Main Street and Alameda Ave (north Broadway). But, that's if you're a tourist. Events there are still very cool...but... The real "Chinatown" in LA is in the San Gabriel Valley and, in particular, in Alhambra and Monterey Park, CA. When I read Main Street, I thought about Alhambra first, not downtown LA... Link to comment
tsap seui Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Lets see...ChinaTown in downtown Buffalo Mills, Pennsyltucky (population 60)...OPPPS, they ain't one...but-but I think a Chinese person drove by Buffalo Mills once, probably threw the remainders of some General Tsao chicken onto the side of the road as they blasted by. tsap seui Link to comment
dnoblett Posted July 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 you saw the rest, now see the best chinatown in USA some reading materialshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Manhattanhttp://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html some websites about nyc chinatownhttp://www.chinatown-online.com/http://www.nychinatown.org/index.htmlhttp://www.explorechinatown.com/ google queens and brooklyn chinatown for more information. edit: chinatowns in canada and the united states, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatowns_in_North_America edit: interesting note on nyc chinatown does not have a paifang compared to other chinatowns in north america. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaifangThanks! I was going to get around to posting about the Chinatown in my home state. In my case the closest ones for us is Toronto, just a 3 hour drive from my home. Link to comment
chilton747 Posted August 1, 2009 Report Share Posted August 1, 2009 Tai tai and myself just got back from the Boston Chinatown today. In her words, "Atlanta China town more good." Myself, I was amazed at how much the Boston China town was like China, even down to the McDonalds. Had a heckuva time finding a place to park and I wasn't gonna pay the $15 for one of them parking lots. I findly found a place on the side of the road with a meter. Link to comment
credzba Posted August 2, 2009 Report Share Posted August 2, 2009 Austin Tx. doesn't have a huge Asian population, but there are a few "Asian towns" if that counts. Up on braker and lamar is a "China town" has 2 good asian grocery stores, and 1 chinese restaurant, but my wife doesn't like the food. There are quite a few other China oriented businesses, a Chinese bank, some Vietnamese food restaurants and such. At 183 and McNeil is a small shopping center that has a Chinese market, and restaurant combination. The food here is good (my wife likes it) and the grocery store is convenient, if smaller range of goods that the big store. There is a noodle shop (too expensive), and some other Chinese businesses in the shopping center. So, sadly we don't have a good and proper China town, but it gets us by. Link to comment
HaoRan Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 (edited) In southern California (Orange County), Irvine has a huge Chinese population. Not necessarily a "Chinatown" per se but Ranch 99 markets and a lot of excellent restaurants. Also, my favorite, the "Tea Station"... yummy. Close to Irvine is Little Saigon which also has a lot of Chinese from Vietnam and other areas. Also a huge Korean population near there. Edited August 18, 2009 by HaoRan (see edit history) Link to comment
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