Kim Long's Golden Dragon Restaurant

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- 439 University Avenue -
In the 20th and 21st centuries, Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Thai and other Asian groups have settled in Frogtown, as have many from African nations. One of the earliest pioneers of this generation of businesspeople was Kim Long, who opened his Golden Dragon restaurant in the late 1970s.

Painter: Alan Ominsky

Date: 1981

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Manufacturing and Other Storefronts

By Jane McClure
Manufacturing uses were present along University and throughout the Frogtown neighborhood. Examples include the 1914 Ford Building, 117 W. University, an early motor vehicle manufacturing building and…