Hong Kong Café

{{Short description|Music venue in Los Angeles, California}}

{{For|Hong Kong style cafés|Cha chaan teng}}

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| nickname = The Hong Kong

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| address = 425 Gin Ling Way

| location = Chinatown, Los Angeles, California

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| opened = For Music, June 5, 1979

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The Hong Kong Café was a Los Angeles restaurant and music venue that was a part of the Los Angeles punk rock scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s when the club was owned and operated by Barry Seidel, Kim Turner and Suzy Frank, followed by a resurgence from 1992 to 1995.

Located at 425 Gin Ling Way in the Chinatown district of Downtown Los Angeles, California and across the way from sometimes rival Esther Wong's Madame Wong's,[http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/production-notes/the-4th-wave-the-chinatown-wars.html The 4th Wave & The Chinatown Wars]. Retrieved on August 1, 2010.Oliver, Myrna. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-17-me-wong17-story.html "Esther Wong, 88; 'Godmother of Punk' Whose Venues Showcased Pop, Rock Acts in '70s, '80s"] The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 17 August 2005. Retrieved on 2010-08-10. the former Chinese restaurant[http://gogonotes.blogspot.com/2008/04/1979-chinatown-punk-music-wars.html 1979 When Chinatown Was Punk—pt 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708040802/http://gogonotes.blogspot.com/2008/04/1979-chinatown-punk-music-wars.html |date=2011-07-08 }}, April 16, 2008. Retrieved on August 1, 2010. was open to audiences of all ages.

It can briefly be seen in the 1974 movie, Chinatown.