3rd generation Chinatown restaurateurs share struggle of doing business amid COVID-19

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Just as Liz and Brian Yee were celebrating the expansion of their family business, the pandemic hit — causing them to face new challenges they had never before considered.

For Liz and Brian Yee, the pandemic has taken an incredible toll on their restaurant in New York City's Chinatown. Running a family business that's been going strong for three generations, the Yee's have faced much more than dining restrictions over the past year — they've come up against a resurgence of racism that has made them worry not just for their restaurant, but for the future of their young children.

Thirty years ago, Liz Yee's grandfather opened Kam Hing Bakery, famous for their beloved sponge cakes. Now, because of school closures due to COVID-19, Yee's own children hang out in the restaurant. "It's a Hong Kong-style cafe-slash-comfort food," Brian Yee said."This is honestly the type of food that we grew up on."

 

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