Ruby Chinese Restaurant Seattle

Bruce lee outside ruby chow s source.

Ruby chinese restaurant seattle.

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. Full red dragon menu available special bar deals on food. Ping who spoke little. Ruby s uses cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

Ruby chow s spokane washington. Chow and her husband ping opened ruby chow s restaurant on broadway and jefferson street the first chinese restaurant in seattle outside chinatown. 8917 roosevelt way ne seattle wa 98115 u s a. In 1952 ruby chow helped a girl s group called the chi ettes form the chinese community girls drill team.

Happy hour daily 2 5 30 pm. 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. The business and political elite frequented this establishement and according to longtime seattleite jean godden to receive an invitation to celebrate. The building is no longer there and is now the parking lot for first hill medical building.

It was the first chinese restaurant outside of seattle s chinatown. 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. 339 likes 2 talking about this 488 were here. Ruby chow was a restauranteur that became the first asian american to serve on the king county council seattle where she served three terms.

Best chinese restaurant seattle magazine readers choice seattle magazine. Ruby gum seung mar chow was born in seattle wa 06 06 1920 06 04 2008 but also lived in new york ny. Posted by crabapple. She opened ruby chow s making it one of the leading chinese restaurants in 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. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.