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Pagoda Roof Restaurants

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former Weylu's Restaurant
Saugus, MA
Weylu's had two other locations, one in Woburn and another in Saugus, but all of them are closed now. The restaurants had vast menus with Chinese, Japanese and Thai food. At 51,000 square feet, this building is supposedly the largest Chinese restaurant ever built. The building was constructed from 1986-1989 at a cost of $13 million. It was modeled after the Forbidden Palace in Beijing. The Weylu's building is a dramatic sight overlooking Route 1. Weylu's closed in 1999. The restaurant sat empty with boarded up windows and broken tile, surrounded by an immense parking lot. Around 2004, after a multi-million dollar renovation, it reopened as East Manor. In 2006, the Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant took over the building. That business closed in 2009 and the building is now vacant. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.

The Pagoda
Portland, OR
The Pagoda opened in 1940. The orange tilework was added later. For more, see this website.

Ying Dynasty
Mattapoisett, MA
The Ying Dynasty Chinese restaurant opened in 1951 as the Cathay Temple. It became the Ying Dynasty in 2010. The building's roof probably had tiles originally. The Bowl-Mor which features duckpin bowling is located next door. It was built in 1946. For more, see this website.

Oriental House
St. Matthews, KY		 Hong Kong Restaurant
Pensacola, FL
The Oriental House features a pagoda-influenced building and sign. It has been here since at least the 1960s. The rooftop neon sign is lit at night. I don't know if the freestanding sign is. For more, see their website.

The Hong Kong Restaurant survived the 130 mph winds of Hurricane Ivan in 2004 pretty well. The neon tubing is broken but the entrance structure is pretty much intact. Other surrounding businesses were not so lucky.

Chinatown Restaurant & Japanese Steak House
Grand Rapids, MI
The Chinatown Restaurant & Japanese Steak House opened in 1975. The building was rebuilt after a fire in 1980.

Lin's Cuisine
New Bedford, MA
Lin's Cuisine was originally known as the York Wong Restaurant. Lin's took over in 2001. The tile-roofed building dates from around the 1950s. For more, see this website. [middle photo thanks DinerFan]

Panda Garden
Boyertown, PA		 East Wok Asian Gourmet
Glen Cove, NY
The Panda Garden restaurant appears to be an oldie. I don't know if it was expanded at the sides or if this is how it always looked.

The East Wok Asian Gourmet features a nice, old sign and some intact building details. It would be great to see what this place once looked like. [photo thanks DinerFan]

House of Louie
Portland, OR		 Grand Fortuna
San Antonio, TX
The House of Louie building opened in 1922. It includes a mix of restaurants, pool hall, barber shop, bakery, flower shop and other stores. The exterior includes dragon pillars, a dragon wall relief, neon signs and a green tile roof. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

The Grand Fortuna Chinese restaurant looks like an oldie. I imagine the building and sign might have been accented with neon and the torches were probably lit.

Hong Kong Restaurant
Cloquet, MN
The Hong Kong Restaurant features a pagoda-topped building and sign.

Woo's Pagoda Restaurant
Eau Claire, WI		 China Town Food Stand
St. Paul, MN
Woo's Pagoda Restaurant opened in the 1950s. The pagoda and entrance are outlined in neon. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

The China Town Food Stand is located at the Minnesota State Fair.

More Pagoda Roof Restaurants:
Hop Louie (Los Angeles, CA)

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