01/16/2025
This is going to be a long post.
After over 25 years, we will be shuttering our beloved restaurant. Our last day of service will be on Saturday, February 15th.
Translated from Mama Wang: “Dad and I started this little place 25 years ago with the hopes of doing what we love until we can’t do it anymore. He left us over 3 years ago, and I’m thankful that we’re still able to keep things going! I will miss our long-time customers and seeing everyone enjoy the food that we’ve made, and I hope we find a way to bring the joy back to everyone in the future.”
Mama Wang is turning 85 later this year, and while our place is small and she is going strong, she is looking forward to a little break. She and Dad never imagined that this tiny place tucked away in a nondescript strip mall on Federal Blvd would become a Denver institution and survive as long as it did.
In 2007, the Rocky Mountain News named us one of the best Chinese restaurants in Denver, and the title of the article was “Simple space, simply delicious”. With a wave of his hand representing humility and at the same time, dismissive, Dad said, “Aaaa, that’s nice, we gotta go make food”. The stories of Papa Wang having temper tantrums are legendary (go read our Yelp reviews!), and they always treated this place as if you were walking into their house for dinner.
We spent the better part of the last two years looking for ways to move outside of our little hole-in-the-wall. With headwinds facing the hospitality sector, we unfortunately came up empty-handed, and now it’s time to say goodbye, for now.
At the same time, we’re still looking for ways to reinvent, and if anyone reading this has ideas or wants to chat, we’re listening. Mom would love nothing more than to find a way to serve you all again and share her joy of making food she loves.
If you’ve never been to our place, we’d love to meet you for the first time. If we see you every week, know that we’ll be sad that we won’t see you here after the 15th. Mom puts just a little bit of love into every dish that comes out, and we have always appreciated you and the joy you’ve brought to our family. We’ll see you soon.
Love - Mama Wang, Danny, Frances
