華人在亞利桑那州的歷史已超過百年,在1860年,華僑已開始進入本州。1900年,本地華人已經開設餐館和雜貨店。

Arizona Chinese-Americans have more than a hundred years of history. They came

to Arizona as early as 1986 and started to open restaurants and grocery stores since 1900.

 

 
 

據歷史資料,從1900年至1940年,由鳳凰城華人開設的餐館有30間

List of Chinese Restaurants in Phoenix from 1900 to 1940.

 

 

“American Kitchen” opened in 1900 was the first Chinese restaurant in Arizona.

 

 

 
 

A Flyer of “Sing High” Chinese Restaurant Flyer.

 
 

Dea H. Toy opened his “Shangri-La” Chinese restaurant in Phoenix in the 1950s.

 
 
 

 

Jerry Lee and his “Ming Yuan” Chinese restaurant in Tucson in the 1950s.

 
 
 

 

1970年代,伍錦泰在Show Low鎮開設的中餐館。

Jintai Wu opened the “Ya Zhou Yuan” Chinese restaurant in Show Low, AZ in the 1970s.

 

 

1970年代,鄺天權在亞省旗桿鎮開設的中餐館。

Tianquan Kuan opened the “Golden Star” Chinese restaurant in Flagstaff, AZ in the 1970s.

 

 

“China Doll,” owned by Haoshu Deng of Phoenix,

was the largest Chinese restaurant in Arizona in the 1970s. 

 

 

1970年代,關啟光開設了"長城酒家",至今天仍由華人經營。

Qiguang Guan and Manyin opened the “Great Wall” Chinese restaurant inPhoenix in the 1970s, and it is still in business today .

 

Former owner of the “Great Wall” Chinese restaurant, Qiguang Guan and Manying Fu couple

 

During the 1980s and 1990s Chinese restaurant boom periods, there had been 6 namesake “Fortune Cookie” Chinese restaurants in Greater Phoenix.

 

 

Till 2010, there were about 400 Chinese restaurants in Greater Phoenix,

and most of them were members of Chinese Restaurant Association of Arizona (CRAA).