Harbor City Restaurant

{{Short description|Defunct Chinese restaurants in Seattle, Washington, U.S.}}

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Harbor City Restaurant ({{zh|生隆酒家}}) was a Chinese restaurant in Seattle's Chinatown-International District, in the U.S. state of Washington. It closed permanently on February 28, 2025.

Description

The Chinese restaurant Harbor City in Seattle's Chinatown-International District served dim sum; the menu included chicken feet, Chinese broccoli, egg tarts, har gow, Peking duck,{{Cite web |last=Joffe |first=Dylan |date=December 9, 2016 |title=Where to Eat and Drink in Seattle on Christmas Day 2019 |url=https://seattle.eater.com/maps/seattle-christmas-day-dinner-restaurant |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=Eater Seattle |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711091704/https://seattle.eater.com/maps/seattle-christmas-day-dinner-restaurant |url-status=live }} shumai, and turnip cakes.{{Cite web |last=Raymundo |first=Leonardo David |date=February 10, 2017 |title=14 Delightful Dim Sum Restaurants in the Seattle Area |url=https://seattle.eater.com/maps/best-dim-sum-seattle |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=Eater Seattle |language=en |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213051911/https://seattle.eater.com/maps/best-dim-sum-seattle |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Harbor City Restaurant |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/restaurants/harbor-city-restaurant |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=Seattle Met |language=en-US |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026124229/https://www.seattlemet.com/restaurants/harbor-city-restaurant |url-status=live }} According to Northwest Asian Weekly, the restaurant was popular "among the young and old for dinner and lunch."{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2018 |title=The Best Dim Sum in the ID — Harbor City Restaurant |url=http://nwasianweekly.com/2018/07/the-best-dim-sum-in-the-id-harbor-city-restaurant/ |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=Northwest Asian Weekly |language=en-US |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718111512/http://nwasianweekly.com/2018/07/the-best-dim-sum-in-the-id-harbor-city-restaurant/ |url-status=live }}

History

Harbor City was founded in 1988 by the Ngo family, who ran the restaurant until its closure in 2008.{{cite news |last1=Leson |first1=Nancy |last2=Spencer |first2=Aaron |date=July 1, 2008 |title=Harbor City closed (for now): customer mourns its passing |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/harbor-city-closed-for-now-customer-mourns-its-passing/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=September 18, 2022}} Han Ma was the restaurant's owner.{{Cite web |date=July 14, 2022 |title=Harbor City Restaurant |url=https://nwasianweekly.com/2022/07/harbor-city-restaurant-3/ |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=Northwest Asian Weekly |language=en-US |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719224636/http://nwasianweekly.com/2022/07/harbor-city-restaurant-3/ |url-status=live }}

The business closed permanently on February 28, 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-24 |title=Longtime Seattle dim sum house will close for good this week |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/harbor-city-seattle-dim-sum-staple-for-decades-will-close-friday/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=owned_echobox_f&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawIp-DtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTbEf5bUTzRRiuM1ObksUKbaYeOwnS4shZbZZiCRX2ysIaJotdlXBY5kmw_aem_7jkGijmFKcrxp-wWbWdGWg#Echobox=1740438300 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}

Reception

In 2013, Julia Wayne of Eater Seattle wrote, "Dim sum, and the offerings at Harbor City are among the best in town. With plenty of salty, sweet, meaty, bite-sized delights, even the more indecisive among us can find satisfaction."{{Cite web |last=Wayne |first=Julia |date=December 31, 2013 |title=14 Brunches to Fix Your 2014 Hangover |url=https://seattle.eater.com/maps/14-brunches-to-fix-your-2014-hangover |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=Eater Seattle |language=en |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606042611/https://seattle.eater.com/maps/14-brunches-to-fix-your-2014-hangover |url-status=live }} The website's Leonardo David Raymundo and Ryan Lee included Harbor City in a 2021 list of fourteen "delightful" dim sum establishments in the Seattle metropolitan area.