CLOSED February 1, 2018
2237 S Wentworth Ave
Established 1927 or 1928
Visited September 28, 2013
Chinatown restaurants come and go but I remember Won Kow being around since I was young. My parents would make trips every so often to Chinatown but we never did stop in at Won Kow. Going through the doors and walking up a long flight of steps takes me back in time to the 70’s, maybe even earlier.
A local suggested we stop in for dim sum. That suggestion was doubted when we eyed nothing but gwai lo and a steady stream of nothing but.
Dim sum comes not in lady powered push carts but by checking offerings listed on a checklist and turning it in. Items arrived either singular or in small batches.
Maybe it was an off day or a different indifferent chef but all the dim sum were bland. It lacked zing and mouth appeal. It lacked presentation. It was a phoned in performance. Perfunctory. It was below par and expectation for a Chicago Chinatown restaurant but the service was better than typical for a Chinese restaurant. Good food bad service. Bad food good service. Can't we get both goods at a Chinese restaurant?
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