Title

Newspaper Article: "From Far-East to Midwest: Chop Suey's Last Stand"

Description

This article from St. Louis Public Radio describes the phenomenon of chop suey restaurants in St. Louis and the broader Midwest. The article highlights a restaurant on Kingshighway, Dragon Chop Suey, taken over by Aiden Chen from his uncle in 2012. The article mentioned scholarship by historian Andrew Coe, which identified anti-discriminatory solidarity which influenced the prominence of Chinese restaurants in predominately Black areas of St. Louis. The store is now permanently closed and damaged from a storm in 2025.

Creator

St. Louis Public Radio

Semester

Spring 2026

Subject

Chop Suey

Kingshighway

Midwest

Dragon Chop Suey

Temporal Coverage

2010 – 2019

Spatial Coverage

Kingshighway, St. Louis, Missouri

Language

English

Medium

Newspaper article

Date

February 7, 2012

Explanation of Omeka Map Location

The article mentions the business Dragon Chop Suey which is located at 1118 Kingshighway Blvd.