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Scope and Content: Photograph of a sign advertising the new location of Knight & Day Restaurant opening in December. There is a long line of people lining up next to the restaurant in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1982]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 18.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1530

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a sign advertising the new location of Knight & Day Restaurant opening in December. There is a long line of people lining up next to the restaurant in the background.

Subjects: Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "PMT 100% / page 1 / Burnaby Today"

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway; Boundary Road

Images

Opening of the Knight and Day Restaurant at Boundary and Lougheed Highway, [1982] thumbnail

Paddy's Pizza Place

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79328

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 16, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Paddy's Pizza Place, a restaurant located on Hastings Street at Grove Avenue, built in 1968.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 16, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-244

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Paddy's Pizza Place, a restaurant located on Hastings Street at Grove Avenue, built in 1968.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Paddy's Pizza Place

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Born, A. J.

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Hastings Street; Grove Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

Images

Paddy's Pizza Place, September 16, 1976 thumbnail

Pappagallo Cafe relocation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96117

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Rene Longo, owner of the Pappagallo Cafe, posing behind the bar the coffee shop in Kensington Plaza.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1820

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Rene Longo, owner of the Pappagallo Cafe, posing behind the bar the coffee shop in Kensington Plaza.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Rene Longo says he's being forced to moved his family-owned coffee shop, Pappagallo Cafe, from the Kensington Plaza, where it's been for ten years, to make way for a Starbucks. He's found a new location, about half a block away, on Hastings St."

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

Images

Pappagallo Cafe relocation, [2003] thumbnail

Patrick's Bistro

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79245

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 22, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified girl eating a piece of cake outside of Patrick’s Bistro on 6th Street in New Westminster.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 22, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0306

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified girl eating a piece of cake outside of Patrick’s Bistro on 6th Street in New Westminster.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "1326NW"; Scan is cropped

Images

Patrick's Bistro, May 22, 1996 thumbnail

Pizza Zone

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of a person, identified as Mick, standing in the doorway of the restaurant Pizza Zone.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2854

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a person, identified as Mick, standing in the doorway of the restaurant Pizza Zone.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ponne, Simone

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Mick"

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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placemat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91017

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.11.19

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.11.19

Description: placemat; paper promotional placemat with scalloped edges; coloured white, blue and yellow cartoon illustration map of Canada with British Columbia in yellow and oversized. At top: "and there shall be a pause to give thanks..100 YEARS..to the splendor that surrounds us..BC GOVERNMENT" and "TRAIL CAFE / HOPE, B.C., CANADA" at the centre bottom. "1866 The Union of the Colonies on Vancouver Island and on the Mainland as BRITISH COLUMBIA" and "1867 CONFEDERATION OF CANADA" Some folding at corners and brown stain over upper Pacific coast area.

Object History: Souvenir placemat was made available as a commemorative item in celebrating Confederation Centennial of British Columbia.

Category: 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials

Classification: Food Service T&E - - Food Service Accessories

Object Term: Placemat

Marks/Labels: "G.H. WOOD"; "Printed 1966 Canada"

Measurements: Length: 24.5 cm x Width: 37 cm

Subjects: Events; Events - Anniversaries; Advertising Medium; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Food Service Tools and Equipment

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Popular Cafe

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79325

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the Popular Cafe at 4010 Hastings Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-241

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the Popular Cafe at 4010 Hastings Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Popular Cafe

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cook, Alan

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Street Address: 4010 Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Popular Cafe

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows an unidentified waitress inside the Popular Cafe at 4010 Hastings Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-243

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows an unidentified waitress inside the Popular Cafe at 4010 Hastings Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Popular Cafe

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cook, Alan

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Street Address: 4010 Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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postcard

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.12.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.12.1

Description: Postcard: horizontal glossy colour postcard of Golden Dragon Resturant. Shows image of interior dining room with red and gold walls, laterns, tables with white table cloths. yellow chairs and a stripped black and white floor. On reservse in blue print: , "GOLDEN DRAGON" "3991 KINGSWAY" "BURNABY, B.C." "Phone: DExter 5100" "If you are not familiar with Chinese Foods let our Experts make suggestions and explain the traditions of eating that is famous throughout the world."; at bottom, "DINE and DANCE Every FRIDAY & SATURDAY"; line down centre; at right,"POST CARD" "ADDRESS"; at upper right, "STAMP"; unused; ca.1950s

Object History: Postcard from the Golden Dragon Resturant which served Chinese-Canadian food. Their grand opening was September 2, 1950. The community staple was known for its neon dragon sign that advertised “Chop Suey”. One side of the kitchen served Chinese foods, while another served Canadian dishes. Chinese cuisine such as rice would be served with chopsticks, while steaks, a more western dish, would be served with knife and fork. Advertisements from the resturant and meeting notices were found in local newspapers from 1950 to 1957. The establishment was not listed in the 1966 Great Vancouver Cross-Cross Directory.

Category: 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication

Classification: Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media

Object Term: Postcard

Marks/Labels: Made in Canada by Grant-Mann Lithographers LTD. "Color Card" Division, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Measurements: 14cm wide x 9cm high

Subjects: Souvenirs; Persons - Chinese Canadians; Food Service Tools and Equipment; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Images

Rainforest Cafe closure

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97344

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Marten Striefel, the facilities manager at The Rainforest Cafe in Metrotown, and Brad Scott, of Maynard's Auctions, observing a tank of tropical fish inside the restaurant.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2734

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Marten Striefel, the facilities manager at The Rainforest Cafe in Metrotown, and Brad Scott, of Maynard's Auctions, observing a tank of tropical fish inside the restaurant.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Metrotown

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Marten Striefel (R), the facilities manager at The Rainforest Cafe, shows Brad Scott, of Maynard's Auctions, some of the exotic fish he'll be responsible for auctioning after the restaurant closes for good."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4700 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Rainforest Cafe closure, [2001] thumbnail

Restaurant on Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37442

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a restaurant on Burnaby Mountain after a snowfall. A snowman is visible on the left side of the photograph.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-030

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a restaurant on Burnaby Mountain after a snowfall. A snowman is visible on the left side of the photograph.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Restaurant on Burnaby Mountain, 1959 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Ribbon cutting at the Dragon Inn Restaurant's grand-opening

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the ribbon cutting inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby.. Four men are gathered around ribbon that is being cut by Burnaby Mayor, Bill Copeland (holding scissors), restaurant owner, Larry Lee is identifie…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the ribbon cutting inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby.. Four men are gathered around ribbon that is being cut by Burnaby Mayor, Bill Copeland (holding scissors), restaurant owner, Larry Lee is identified on the far left.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Copeland, William J.; Dragon Inn; Lee, Larry

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Street Address: 4524 Hastings Street

Accession Code: BV017.37.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 10/29/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Ribbon cutting at the Dragon Inn Restaurant's grand-opening, [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017] thumbnail

Salad bar inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4267

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the salad bar inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby.. Waitress and man in background at left.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Larry Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the salad bar inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant during their grand-opening at the Hastings location at 4524 Hastings Street, Burnaby.. Waitress and man in background at left.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Dragon Inn

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Street Address: 4524 Hastings Street

Accession Code: BV017.37.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 10/29/2017

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Salad bar inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant, [between 1990 and 1995] (date of original), copied [2017] thumbnail

Sambo's Pancake House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35138

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the exterior and parking lot of Sambo's Pancake House, Kingsway. Printed on the top of the front of the postcard is "Sambo's Pancake House," and a sign on the building read's "Sambo's." Written on the back of the postcard: "Please surrender this card for 10% discount on you…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 201-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1987-10

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the exterior and parking lot of Sambo's Pancake House, Kingsway. Printed on the top of the front of the postcard is "Sambo's Pancake House," and a sign on the building read's "Sambo's." Written on the back of the postcard: "Please surrender this card for 10% discount on your next visit to Sambo's, 5550 Kingsway, Burnaby. Offer good until Feb. 28th, 1969. Your host Sambo's."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Sambo's Pancake House

Media Type: Photograph

Responsibility: Printed on back of postcard: "Pub. by Living Colour Advertising Agencies, 809 21st St., New West'r, BC - 526-6612" and "Made in Canada / Dexter Color, Canada Ltd., Cornwall, Ontario"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 5550 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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Scraps and Dragons

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14273

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Oct. 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 3 video recordings (mp4) (11 min., 19 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo, subtitles

Scope and Content: Item consists of part one in a two part video series "A Taste of History" created by Debbie Liang and Joty Gill, University of British Columbia alumni and graduates from the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM). Part one is titled "Scraps and Dragons". The film provides backgroun…

3 images 3 videos

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: UBC Partnership series

Subseries: A Taste of History Video series - 2020 subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 3 video recordings (mp4) (11 min., 19 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo, subtitles

Material Details: Script: Debbie Liang; Joty Gill Narration: Debbie Liang Editor: Debbie Liang Subtitles: English; Simplified Chinese; Traditional Chinese Video Appearances: Kathy Lee; Eleanor Lee Interviews filmed by: Eleanor Lee Interview questions: Eleanor Lee; Debbie Liang Illustrations and Animations: Debbie Liang Photos, Images & B-roll: Vegetable letters from Shutterstock; Green onion and carrot footage from Debbie Liang; Chop Suey image courtesy of pulaw from Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC By 2.0); Chop Suey from Shutterstock; Menus by Amy Wilson; Gold Dragon booklet cover and menu image- courtesy of UBC RBSC Chung Collection (RBSC-ARC-1679-CCTX-309-122); Chop Suey Nation book cover, image courtesy of Douglas & MacIntyre; Dragon Inn: City of Burnaby Archives, 556-239 photo by John McCarron; Larry Lee, image courtesy of Eleanor Lee; VanTech, image courtesy of Mike from Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0); Bamboo Terrace, image courtesy of Rob from Flickr, public domain; Map image courtesy of Sentinel 2 from wikimedia Creative Commons; Salad bar inside of Dragon Inn Restaurant, Burnaby Village Museum, BV017.37.3; John Lee: City of Burnaby Archives, 535-0415, photo by Brian Langdeau; Photograph - Bar Inside the Dragon Inn Restaurant - Burnaby Village Museum, BV017.37.2; Chopping Mushrooms, footage courtesy of Pressmaster from pexels.com; Chopping Parsley, footage courtesy of Pressmaster from pexels.com; Kwan Luck from Debbie Liang; Crystall Mall as taken from the north side of Kingsway in Burnaby, image courtesy of w:en: Colin Keigher from wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license; Lok's Produce at Crystal mall (Burnaby) in the Underground Chinese Produce Market image courtesy of William Chen from wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license; Crystal Mall foodcourt, image courtesy of Jay Friedman, Gastrolust; Restaurant and Dragon Innn art by Debbie Liang Music and Sound Effects: "Alison", "Acoustic Mediation 2" from audionautix; "Slow Motion", "Creative Minds" & "Cute" from bensound.com; "Kitchen sounds" & "Pop" from Debbie Liang; "Ding sound effect" from freesoundlibrary Video adapted from 2019 BVM intern project by Debbie Liang and Marcela Gomez Special thanks to: UBC: Joanna Yang, Jenny Lu, Denise Fong, Henry Yu; BVM: Kate Petrusa, Amy Wilson Changes to music may have been made for the purposes of this video

Scope and Content: Item consists of part one in a two part video series "A Taste of History" created by Debbie Liang and Joty Gill, University of British Columbia alumni and graduates from the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM). Part one is titled "Scraps and Dragons". The film provides background information on the origins of the Chinese-Canadian culinary dish "chop suey" and tells the story of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants, highlighting the history of the "Dragon Inn" chop suey restaurant owned by Larry Lee. The film is supported with voice over in english, subtitles, animation, historical and family photographs and interviews with family members, Kathy Lee and Eleanor Lee. One version of the film is supported with subtitles in English while two other versions of the film are supported with subtitles in Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

History: In 2020, due to the restrictions of COVID-19, University of British Columbia student interns with the Burnaby Village Museum Chinese Canadian History in Burnaby project were asked to create virtual experiences to reimagine Burnaby Village Museum's historical Chinese Canadian programming in remote online spaces. Debbie Liang and Joty Gill (UBC alumni and graduates of Dr. Henry Yu's 2019 summer ACAM 390A Global Seminar to Aisa) returned to work with Burnaby Village Museum to create two short films showcasing the history of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants and piggeries in Burnaby. Larry Lee was born in Kaiping, Guangdong, China and immigrated to Canada in 1949 at the age of sixteen to reunite with his father, Lee Soon. Larry Lee's father had been in Canada for years before his son immigrated to join him. Larry attended Vancouver Technical Secondary School and learned English and carpentry. After he graduated, he was hired by Mr. Wong. Larry and Mr. Wong operated an IGA grocery store at Lonsdale in North Vancouver. Following this, Larry worked as a cashier for his father at "Bamboo Terrace" Chinese restaurant in Vancouver's Chinatown. In 1958, he married his wife Kathy and one year later, in 1959 he started a new business of his own. Larry opened the "Dragon Inn" chop suey restaurant at 2516 Kingsway (at Slocan) in Vancouver. Once the restaurant was doing well, Larry opened the "Park Inn" at Kingsway and 25th Avenue. The "Park Inn" was the first Chinese food restaurant with a smorgasboard in Vancouver. With the success of these restaurants and subsequent restaurants Larry Lee opened three other "Dragon Inn" chop suey restaurants located at; 4510 Kingsway and Willingdon in Burnaby (1964); 250 Columbia Street in New Westminster (1971) and Hastings and Willingdon (1990s). In the 1990s Larry retained ownership of the Dragon Inn at 4510 Kingsway and Willingdon and sold the other restaurants. In 1996, Larry sold the property of the Dragon Inn and surrounding lots located at Kingsway and Willingdon to make way for the construction of Crystal Mall. Larry and Kathy Lee had eight children who all worked in the family run restaurants until they were sold.

Creator: Liang, Debbie; Debbie Liang

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Lee, Larry; Lee, Kathy; Lee, Eleanor; Liang, Debbie; Gill, Joty; Burnaby Village Museum; University of British Columbia

Responsibility: University of British Columbia; UBC Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies; Burnaby Village Museum

Geographic Access: Vancouver; New Westminster

Street Address: 4510 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV020.28.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Oct. 2020

Media Type: Moving Images

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Notes: Transcribed title

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Video

Scraps and Dragons, Oct. 2020

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https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0028_0006_002.mp4

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Severin's in Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sev Morin, left, of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration. He welcomes guests; Marily Cope, Norm Stuart and Phyllis Stuart, seated, and Lorraine Dronen and Gary Stuart.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 1, 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-712

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Sev Morin, left, of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration. He welcomes guests; Marily Cope, Norm Stuart and Phyllis Stuart, seated, and Lorraine Dronen and Gary Stuart.

Subjects: Celebrations; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Morin, Severin "Sev"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "NEW YEAR WELCOMED ... Sev Morin, left, of Sevrin's [sic] in Burnaby carried on the tradition of his family's cabaret (formerly the Gai Paree) by hosting a gala New Year's celebration. Above, he welcomes guests Marily Cope, Norm Stuart and Phyllis Stuart, seated, and Lorraine Dronen and Gary Stuart."

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Severin's in Burnaby, January 1, 1979 thumbnail

SkyTrain by Jolly Genie's

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95858

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of the manager of Jolly Genie's, a children's restaurant and playpark, adjusting one of the restaurant's window displays. The SkyTrain track, under construction, is visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1658

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the manager of Jolly Genie's, a children's restaurant and playpark, adjusting one of the restaurant's window displays. The SkyTrain track, under construction, is visible in the background.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Transportation - Skytrain

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an October 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Mandy Campbell, the manager at Jolly Genies, adjusts one of the restaurant's window displays, in the shadow of the new Skytrain extension."

Geographic Access: Government Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cameron Area

Images

SkyTrain by Jolly Genie's, [2000] thumbnail

Smitty's Restaurant

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79331

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 5, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a sign advertising Smitty's restaurant with smaller "Welcome to Burnaby" sign below, on Hastings Street near Boundary Road. A transmission tower is on the right.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 5, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-246

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a sign advertising Smitty's restaurant with smaller "Welcome to Burnaby" sign below, on Hastings Street near Boundary Road. A transmission tower is on the right.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Names: Smitty's Restaurant

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying; Photographers identified by surnames only: Carr and Vardeman