Truman Lam: I was definitely a little bit surprised. Resy: Were you surprised by how emotional people were about the closing of Jing Fong’s 20 Elizabeth Street location?
We spoke with third-generation owner Truman Lam about the move, and about the challenges of relocating a legendary restaurant like Jing Fong. Luckily for us, although Jing Fong closed the doors to its Elizabeth Street home (pictured below), they’re planning to reopen this October in a new, smaller location on Centre Street, that can host up to 125. Or they might find themselves right in the middle of multiple banquet parties - celebrations for weddings, graduations, birthdays, retirements, and Chinese family associations. There, they were surrounded by staffers explaining the daily dim sum offerings in Cantonese, pushing around carts filled to the brim with har gow, siu mai, and phoenix claws. Jing Fong, the Manhattan Chinatown stalwart that had occupied a 25,000 square-foot space at 24 Elizabeth Street for 28 years (and 15 years before that in a space just down the block) was a beloved institution among New Yorkers and tourists alike who loved setting foot onto its steep, three-story-tall escalators and eventually finding themselves in its massive, crimson-colored banquet hall that could hold up to 800 diners. This March, one of New York City’s most beloved dim sum palaces closed its doors and the city lost a shared piece of its culinary history.
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