Yank Sing is a

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with locations in the

Rincon Center Rincon Center is a complex of shops, restaurants, offices, and apartments in the South of Market neighborhood of Downtown San Francisco, California. It includes two buildings, one of which is the former Rincon Annex post office building, complet ...

(opened in 1999) with a second location on Stevenson Street in the

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. The original location open at Broadway and Powell Street,

Chinatown, San Francisco The Chinatown (), centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside Asia. It is also the oldest and largest of the four nota ...

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. Chef and restaurateur

Cecilia Chiang Cecilia Sun Yun Chiang (; September 18, 1920October 28, 2020) was a Chinese-American restaurateur and chef, best known for founding and managing The Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco, California. Early life Chiang was born as Sun Yun in Wuxi ...

lunched at the Chinatown location every day and

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was a frequent customer at their Battery Street location. Woody Allen filmed part of his 1972 movie '' Play It Again, Sam'' at the Broadway location. The

James Beard Foundation The James Beard Foundation is an American non-profit culinary arts organization based in New York City. It was named after James Beard, a food writer, teacher, and cookbook author. Its programs include guest-chef dinners to scholarships for asp ...

named them an American Classic in 2009. The restaurant was featured on Season 1, Episode 2 of ''

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''.

Labor problems

In the summer of 2013, 280 employees followed the advice of the Chinese Progressive Assn. and filed labor violation complaints looking for better working conditions and wages with the help of the Asian Law Caucus. Henry Chan and his wife Judy did not fight the charges. The Chans gave the employees raises and paid vacations and health benefits. They also gave more than 280 former and current employees $4 million in back wages.

References

{{Restaurants in San Francisco Chinese restaurants in San Francisco Financial District, San Francisco America's Classics winners