On this night, it's about the holiday lights hanging from many Chinatown businesses, something never seen before here.
"It is actually the first time we light up for Christmas in Chinatown," said Nancy Yu Law of the Chinatown History and Culture Association. Frank Chui owns Hang Ah Tea Room which happens to be the oldest Dim Sum restaurant in America at 102 years. Still though, Chui says his business and others in Chinatown are hurting due to a quiet Financial District and what he calls a lack of convention traffic.
"I think we're struggling the most in terms of within San Francisco. We basically have 10 to 20% of the regular office lunch and in terms of tourists visiting San Francisco, we're not even 50% of where we were back in 2019," said Chui.But there is optimism, and a holiday spirit mixed with the dragon and colorful lights funded by a $5,000 grant from Avenue Greenlight.
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