{"id":158458,"date":"2026-03-09T21:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158458\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T21:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:42:09","slug":"jing-fong-popular-uws-chinese-restaurant-permanently-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/158458\/","title":{"rendered":"Jing Fong, Popular UWS Chinese Restaurant, Permanently Closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jingfong.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-100405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/jingfong-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\"\/><\/a>Jing Fong on the Upper West Side. Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>By Gus Saltonstall<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jingfongny.com\/menus-uws.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jing Fong,<\/a> a popular restaurant specializing in dim sum and Cantonese cuisine, permanently closed its Upper West Side location on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The eatery announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVmJxwGgT2M\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on Instagram <\/a>that it was shuttering its restaurant at 380 Amsterdam Avenue, on the corner of West 78th Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to share that after eight years of serving the Upper West Side, Jing Fong Upper West Side will close its doors at the end of service at 9:30 p.m. on March 8, 2026,\u201d the restaurant wrote. \u201cThis decision does not come easily. We are beyond grateful for every guest who walked through our Upper West Side doors and every staff who became family. Thank you for being a part of our Upper West Side chapter and making it so meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jing Fong opened on the Upper West Side in July of 2017 to much fanfare, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/2017\/07\/18\/jing-fong-opens-see-some-first-impressions-and-the-soft-open-menu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">West Side Rag covered<\/a> at the time. The eatery served up dumplings, pork buns, spring rolls, fried shrimp wontons, soups, scallion pancakes, BBQ spare ribs, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the Upper West Side restaurant\u2019s manager Hing Chi Stephen Chung, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/2021\/05\/14\/tribute-restaurant-manager-hing-chi-stephen-chung-paved-the-way-for-others-to-succeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tragically hit and killed<\/a> by a cyclist outside the eatery on Amsterdam Avenue. Chung was unloading vegetables for the kitchen when he was struck in the bike lane.<\/p>\n<p>Jing Fong\u2019s original location in Chinatown will remain open.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of customers responded on Instagram to Jing Fong\u2019s closing post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will really miss you uptown,\u201d one person wrote. \u201cWe had dinner there last night. Thank you for the last eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to West Side Rag\u2019s FREE email newsletter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/westsiderag.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=5772ebf2a0a585445f1188785&amp;id=f50755d5f9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. And you can Support the Rag\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westsiderag.com\/support-west-side-rag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jing Fong on the Upper West Side. Google Maps. 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