Cafe Kantonese

Culled from: Drury, John. Dining in Chicago, New York: The John Day Company, 1931, p. 186.

Note: The Newberry Library holds the personal papers of author John Drury.

CAFE KANTONESE, 1005 Rush Street

Chinese cuisine in a small place that is modern and colorful in decoration rather than Chinese. No teak wood tables or mother-of-pearl furniture. Here, the bohemians eat plenty of chop suey and chicken chow mein when they have the price — which isn't often.