![]() ![]() Throughout its tenure as a banquet hall, weddings and celebrations that could host more than 500 guests were held on the ornate building's fifth and sixth floors. Restaurateur Kee Joon Lee opened Empress of China in 1966. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Imag Empress by Boon will open June 18 and take up the former space of Empress of China in San Francisco. The restaurant permanently closed in October 2014. The Empress of China had kitchen equipment delivered by a crane as a crowd watched from Portsmouth Square, June 30, 1966. including the intricately carved panels and the original wooden pergola positioned at the entrance, which will be the focal point upon arrival.” space and brought back to its former glory. “UK-based studio Atelier LLYS redesigned the. “I first visited San Francisco’s Chinatown years ago and actually dined at Empress of China during that trip,” Boon told SFGATE over email.
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