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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Food Chinatown Uwajimaya More and More Likely
Posted by Patrick Alan Coleman on Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Urban Works Real Estate blog Portland Urban broke news last Friday that popular Asian Food emporium Uwajimaya has made an agreement with Sockeye Development, in the form of a letter of intent, to locate a new store in block 33 of Old Town/Chinatown at NW 5th and Davis.
The post notes that a letter of intent is a good first step, but that there is still a very long way to go until Portlanders will be able to search through the startling gastronomic ephemera they now must drive to Beaverton to find.
Now, if we can just get that Hung Far Low sign back up outside of Ping, we may be well on our way to a much more interesting Old Town/Chinatown.
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I'm just really hoping that they do what Uwaj did in Seattle, and they build nice rent controlled apartments above the location. I'd totes love to live on that block.
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Yes indeed, putting that sign up, despite the fact that the restaurant isn't there anymore, would make Chinatown much, much more interesting. Just like Disneyland.
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I hope that they are somehow able to keep the historic cherry trees that are ringing that lot now.
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If this happens, don't you dare buy up all of my candy toys. They exist for very young children and "collectors," not you.
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I live like 3 miles from the current Uwajimaya, but I'm still all for a more centrally located one. You can never have enough giant Asian grocery warehouses.
My only concern though is this: Chinatown isn't exactly the wide open suburban sprawl that Beaverton is, so how likely is it that the Chinatown Uwajimaya will be able to rival the gigantic size of the west side location? Uwajimaya's appeal lies in its hard to find import items, sure, but its huge size and ability to stock tremendous amounts of said import stuff is equally important, no?
My only concern though is this: Chinatown isn't exactly the wide open suburban sprawl that Beaverton is, so how likely is it that the Chinatown Uwajimaya will be able to rival the gigantic size of the west side location? Uwajimaya's appeal lies in its hard to find import items, sure, but its huge size and ability to stock tremendous amounts of said import stuff is equally important, no?
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i believe they're planning 28000 sq ft or so. There should be plenty of space for their fantastic import items! This project will be a great boon to the old town neighborhood- jobs created, neighborhood energized, more affordable housing created. I am VERY excited.
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