Great Wall Chinese Restaurant
The Great Wall Chinese Restaurant is a Chinese restaurant located at 706 Valley Avenue.
The restaurant was founded in 1981 by Kum Dok "Jimmy" Cho, in a smaller location at 730 Valley Avenue. After Cho's death, the restaurant's accountant, Tom Henson, kept the business running and moved it to a larger space in the same shopping center. When he retired in 2010 he sold the business to long-time cashier Sunny Liu.
The restaurant was heavily damaged by a kitchen fire on December 15, 2012. When Liu reopened a year later, she decided to revamp the entire menu with more authentic specialties cooked by a new chef who came from Shanghai via Atlanta. Many well-loved Chinese-American favorites have since returned to the menu along with the authentic Shanghai-style cuisine.
References
- Velasco, Eric (August 12, 2014) "The Great Wall: New owners bring fine Chinese fare to Birmingham." The Birmingham News
- "No Secret Menu – the story of Great Wall" (September 2, 2014) What to Eat in Birmingham
External links
- Great Wall Chinese Restaurant website