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Kim Sơn About this sound pronunciation ( help · info ) is a family owned chain of restaurants in Houston, Texas, that serves both Vietnamese cuisine and Chinese cuisine. As of 2009 Tri La is the owner of the restaurant group.

Kim Sơn was originally founded in Vinh Long, Vietnam, by the family matriarch Kim Su Tran La. When the Communists came to South Vietnam, Kim and her family fled Vietnam in 1979 to Malaysia. In 1980, the family received approval to join relatives already in the United States. On August 16, 1980, the family arrived in the United States by boat; on their way to the United States pirates had attacked their group in an area in the South Pacific. The family re-established the restaurant in Houston's Downtown Chinatown in 1982. Kim and her husband Son oversee all the restaurants with their sons Tan, Tri, Thuc, Tony, Tu, Tao, and daughter Tina.

The restaurant has an extensive menu of Chinese and Vietnamese dishes, serves weekend Dim Sum and quickly became a success. In 1993, the La family opened a new $2 million, 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m 2 ) restaurant and banquet facility that was built catty-corner to the original location. At the time it was the largest Chinese restaurant in the state of Texas. A location existed at 7531 Westheimer at Hillcroft, but it has closed.

The success of the restaurant has led to the opening of two additional full service restaurants. One in Stafford, Texas, and the new 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m 2 ) restaurant and ballroom at Bellaire and Wilcrest Boulevards in Houston. Both new locations are located in southwest suburbs that have thriving Asian communities. The company has also opened as several smaller outlets in Houston with limited menus called "Little Kim Sơn."

The chain has become one of the best known restaurants in the state of Texas and has received accolades from such prestigious magazines as Bon Appetit , Esquire , and Food & Wine . The September 1995 issue of Bon Appetit featured Kim Sơn in an article about ethnic restaurants in the United States. The October 1998 issue of Gourmet 's reader's choice restaurant awards ranked Kim Sơn as having the "Best Value" in the Houston and New Orleans areas. In 2003 Kim Sơn was ranked as the "best other ethnic restaurant" in the Houston Business Journal . In 2002 the same restaurant ranked second place of the Houston Business Journal' s rankings of the best Chinese restaurants.

In 2005, the La family opened Asia in conjunction with the new L’Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana. In 2008, the family opened another Asia in conjunction with Boomtown Casino New Orleans in Harvey, Louisiana.

In 1995 Allison Cook of the Houston Press described Kim Sơn as the most prominent "success story as the Great Houston Restaurant Parable."

Locations

Kim Sơn

  • 2001 Jefferson Street Downtown Houston (Houston, Flagship) Opened 1993
  • 12750 U.S. Route 59 (Southwest Freeway) (Stafford) Opened 1999
  • 10603 Bellaire Boulevard (Houston) Opened 2006

Little Kim Sơn

  • University of Houston (University Center Satellite)
  • American General
  • Union Square Food Court (Downtown Tunnel)
  • Texas Medical Center Commons
  • BP Building (Westlake)
  • Cullen Building (Downtown Houston)

Former Kim Sơn Locations

  • 7531 Westheimer
  • 8200 Wilcrest
  • 300 Milam (Ballroom)

Former little Kim Sơn locations

  • First Colony Mall (Sugar Land)

See also


References

  1. ^ Barr, Greg. "The Mint becomes first Houston community bank to open in 2009." Houston Business Journal . Friday January 9, 2009. Retrieved on October 7, 2009.
  2. ^ Qaddumi, Thora. "Fortune smiles on four local firms." Houston Business Journal . Friday August 27, 1999. 3-4. Retrieved on October 7, 2009.
  3. ^ "About Us." Kim Sơn. Retrieved on October 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Criswell, Ann. "Two hums up for Mideast chickpea dip." Houston Chronicle . Wednesday August 30, 1995. Food 1. Retrieved on October 7, 2009.
  5. ^ Briggs, Margaret L. "Dish." Houston Press . October 1, 1998. Retrieved on October 7, 2009.
  6. ^ "Best Other Ethnic Restaurant." Houston Business Journal . Friday April 4, 2003. Retrieved on October 7, 2009.
  7. ^ "Best Chinese restaurant: P.F. Chang's China Bistro." Houston Business Journal . Friday April 5, 2002. Retrieved on October 7, 2009.
  8. ^ Cook, Allison. "Evolution of a Watering Hole." Houston Press . February 16, 1995. 1. Retrieved on October 7, 2009.

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