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Bay Briefing: The last stand of S.F. Chinatown s storied banquet halls
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Bill Lee, shown with daughter Kathy Lee, owns the Far East Cafe, one of two remaining banquet halls in Chinatown.Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Tuesday, Feb. 16, and Michelin-star dining is still available for takeout you’ll just need to brush up on your plating skills. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
More than a restaurant
For decades, Chinatown’s banquet halls have hosted celebrations, reinforced community and offered jobs to recent immigrants. But a Chinatown banquet is not just a party with a parade of family-style dishes. For a community that has endured segregation, racist immigration exclusion that kept families apart and threats of displacement, banquets are loud, bountiful, collective affirmations of community resilience.
from afternoon to evening
and see-you-very-soons.
Aomboon Deasy (left) celebrates the birthday of Simona Boehm with lunch at Zuni Cafe in San Francisco on Dec. 3. Photo: Nina Riggio, Special to The Chronicle
‘There Are People Who Believe in Miracles’ By Bill Berkowitz
“’Tis a fearful thing to love what death can touch” Yahuda Halevi
Some people believe in miracles and aren’t afraid to talk about it.
They see wonder that cannot be explained and call them miracles.
Materialists look elsewhere for explanations of sometimes inexplicable phenomena: laws of science they might say.
Sometimes the word “miracle” gets tossed around haphazardly,