October 18, 200816 yr wow, it looks like it is glowing. I love that they have 2 Sichuan places. I have been to Lao Sze Chuan (in one of the pics). I think I went a little over the top asking for authentic spice. But I lived to tell about it.
October 18, 200816 yr It's an interesting Chinatown, if not small for a city of Chicago's size. But then again, the Midwest has never been an Asian magnet. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 19, 200816 yr Neat tour. It's ridiculous that with all the trips I make to Chicago, I've never yet gone to Chinatown. I need to remedy that. Does Canada in general attract more Asian people? I remember from a trip fifteen years ago noticing quite a few Asian people and some Asian businesses even in small towns in rural Alberta, some parts of which are about as close to the middle of nowhere as anyplace in North America.
October 20, 200816 yr It's an interesting Chinatown, if not small for a city of Chicago's size. But then again, the Midwest has never been an Asian magnet. I have no proof, but based on my experience, Vancouver has a large Asian population, being a western gateway. Similar to how Toronto has a large Caribbean population.
October 20, 200816 yr Hell, all Canadian cities have large numbers of Asians. Asians in Canada = Black Folks in AMURICA! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 20, 200816 yr Hell, all Canadian cities have large numbers of Asians. Asians in Canada = Black Folks in AMURICA! LMAO!! I didn't notice them in Calgary or Montreal.
October 20, 200816 yr Calgary and Montreal both have great Chinatowns. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 20, 200816 yr Calgary and Montreal both have great Chinatowns. Like I said, I didn't notice. lol
October 20, 200816 yr or as with many things chicago, you just could call chicago's chinatown a big cleveland chinatown. eh. oh it's nice and i think it's a must visit, yet at the same time it's underwhelming. btw based on my own experiences i am pretty sure vancouver has the single biggest and best chinatown in the americas. people-wise, area-wise and foodchoice-wise that is, if not architecturally. and nice photos as always inkaelin. nice to see you in action overseas from the ohio shoreline!
October 20, 200816 yr btw based on my own experiences i am pretty sure vancouver has the single biggest and best chinatown in the americas. people-wise, area-wise and foodchoice-wise that is, if not architecturally. I would agree.
October 21, 200816 yr San Francisco's Chinatown is certainly vast and, imo, the best in the US. It has all the traditional Cantonese architecture, great restaurants, cool little shops, and doesn't feel overly commercialized.
October 21, 200816 yr ^ i would certainly agree with that. however, for the record manhattan's chinatown surpassed sf's in population in the 1980's and the real topper is that soon after that another chinatown in flushing, queens surpassed manhattan! also, two of nyc's three chinatowns are not at all commercialized and the newest one in sunset park, brooklyn is impressively large and bustling for being pretty new. visitors don't really know about them, but both of these newer 'other' nyc chinatowns in the boroughs are definately worth a visit.
October 21, 200816 yr Montreal's aesthetically has the best Chinatown in Canada, Toronto's perhaps the grandest (Spadina and all), but I agree tha Vancouver has the more impressive by a longshot (though it still cannot touch San Francisco's for sheer history, architecture, topography, and just overall wowness). "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 21, 200816 yr Many years ago, possibly in the 1970s, I sort of accidentally happened across Oakland's Chinatown while just aimlessly wandering around. It seemed very authentic in function, if not so character-rich in form as San Francisco's. I think I was one of the few non-Asians around there, and many the shops were set up with open-air market stalls in front. It was pretty interesting. Calgary and Montreal both have great Chinatowns. It seemed to me that Calgary has a lot of ethnic diversity; I saw quite a few Sikhs and Russians there, as well as Asians.
October 21, 200816 yr Yeah, Oakland's is a hidden treasure and it's a great transition between Lake Merritt to downtown. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 21, 200816 yr Yeah, Oakland's is a hidden treasure and it's a great transition between Lake Merritt to downtown. Wow, I didn't know that. Its really is hidden or my sunglasses are too big.
October 21, 200816 yr ah yeah oakland has one too. and let's not forget philly, boston, los angeles and seattle have nice decent sized ct's as well, all with cool, iconic looking gates.
October 21, 200816 yr Add DC to that list as well...even though their Chinatown has a great gate, it doesn't have much of a Chinese feel other than "Starbucks" being written in Chinese... LA is sort of like New York in the sense that their traditional downtown Chinatown is not really the center of Chinese life in the region. The San Gabriel Valley is actually where most of the Chinese live, even though it is not where their Chinatown is located.
October 22, 200816 yr Surprisingly, Sacramento has a neat Chinatown. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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