Is House of Nanking Still Open? Food Paradise Update (San Francisco, CA)

Part 1 — Season 10, Episode 5

Food Paradise's 'Passport on a Plate' episode featured House of Nanking, a Chinatown institution in San Francisco known for chef's-choice ordering, where servers build a meal from favorite dishes rather than taking a written order. The restaurant, at 919 Kearny Street, opened in 1988 under founder Peter Fang, according to the restaurant's own website. The originally listed website link (a rebrand.ly redirect) returned an HTTP 403 error during a 2026-09-08 site check, so no direct confirmation came from the restaurant's own domain that day. Yelp's House of Nanking page, however, carried more than 4,500 reviews and was last updated in September 2026, and Google Places listed the business as operational at the same Kearny Street address in the same 2026-09-08 data pull.

Part 2 — Season 11, Episode 8

The episode featured House of Nanking's chef's-choice ordering style, where staff build a meal around a customer's preferences rather than a fixed menu, including dishes like Nanking sesame chicken and fried potstickers with peanut sauce. Peter Fang opened the restaurant in 1988 on Kearny Street in San Francisco's Chinatown, and it has become a long-running institution in the neighborhood. Yelp's listing for the address, updated 2026-09, shows more than 4,500 reviews and over 3,200 photos. The restaurant's own website lists regular hours of Monday-Friday 11am-9pm and Saturday-Sunday 12pm-9pm.