Ruby Chinese Restaurant Seattle

Ruby chow a high school dropout and former waitress who rose to become a pivotal figure in seattle life with her popular restaurant groundbreaking political career and activism on behalf of.

Ruby chinese restaurant seattle. Ruby chow s spokane washington. 8917 roosevelt way ne seattle wa 98115 u s a. Chow s restaurant staff subsequently included a young bruce lee the kung fu master. Ruby wanted to encourage girls from 11 to 21 to develop social skills and self esteem and add some chinese flavor to seattle s annual seafair torchlight parade.

Bruce lee outside ruby chow s source. He arrived in 1959 and lived and worked at the ruby chow restaurant in seattle. Chow and her husband ping opened ruby chow s restaurant on broadway and jefferson street the first chinese restaurant in seattle outside chinatown. Join our official group on facebook judy fu s snappy dragon restaurant.

Ruby gum seung mar chow was born in seattle wa 06 06 1920 06 04 2008 but also lived in new york ny. The building is no longer there and is now the parking lot for first hill medical building. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Ruby chow was a restauranteur that became the first asian american to serve on the king county council seattle where she served three terms.

She and her second husband opened ruby chow s restaurant in 1948 at 1122 jefferson street at the corner of broadway jefferson in seattle s first hill neighborhood. She opened ruby chow s making it one of the leading chinese restaurants in seattle. 339 likes 2 talking about this 488 were here. In 1952 ruby chow helped a girl s group called the chi ettes form the chinese community girls drill team.

The business and political elite frequented this establishement and according to longtime seattleite jean godden to receive an invitation to celebrate. After returning to the united states in 1959 bruce was born in america in 1940 he lived and worked at ruby chow s restaurant 1122 jefferson street seattle wa 98104 at the corner of broadway and jefferson. Full red dragon menu available special bar deals on food. It was the first chinese restaurant outside of seattle s chinatown.

Best chinese restaurant seattle magazine readers choice seattle magazine. Ruby s uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.