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Kashawn and Ke Yu Chen on the All-Day Happy Hour, No-Tip Policy That Saved Their Dining Room
🎧 From Fuzhou to Fairfax: How Kashawn and Ke Yu Chen Built Chin Chin Cafe Into a 27-Year Community Institution
Brothers Kashawn and Ke Yu Chen immigrated from Fuzhou, China in 1995 with no English and no roadmap. Kashawn started washing dishes at 13 to buy a bicycle he never ended up buying. At 19, the brothers pooled their savings, borrowed from their parents, and purchased a run-down Asian restaurant in Ashburn, Virginia. What followed was 22 consecutive years of month-over-month growth, a no-tipping policy, an all-day happy hour, live sushi catering, cooking classes for high school…
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