The business will continue to operate its takeout and delivery business, as well as offer service on its outdoor, second-floor patio. Open since 1978, Jing Fong is Manhattan’s largest Chinese restaurant and one of the neighborhood’s more famous spots. In 2017 the owners expanded with a second location on the Upper West Side, which will also remain open. Delivery & Pickup Options - 303 reviews of Jing Fong 'The new Jing Fong just opened on the Upper West Side, a major win for the neighborhood with RedFarm as the only other decent Chinese food option in the area. “At the end of the day, we’ve been dealing with this pandemic now, for us, over a year,” says Truman Lam, whose grandfather opened the restaurant. Restaurants in Chinatowns were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic earlier than most because of a precipitous drop in tourism, growing concerns in the community over the coronavirus, and Sinophobia that also led to an alarming spike in hate crimes against Asian Americans. Last February, Lam said sales were down 25 to 50 percent, depending on the day, “The writing’s on the wall that it’s basically going to be down, we just don’t know how much,” he said at the time. Today, he says sales are down 85 percent, in part because the restaurant’s events business - once half of all sales - has completely evaporated. Jing Fong is known for hosting weddings, with a large, columnless banquet hall. “We are basically running the smallest part of our business, which is delivery, for a year,” he explains. Chinese restaurantRead reviews from Fongs Restaurant at 967 Bergen St in. “Our type of restaurant, that does dim sum lunches and banquet hall stuff, everybody is struggling and just kind of trying to survive one day at a time.”Īt 800 seats, the restaurant’s size has presented issues since the start of the pandemic.
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