Title
Preview

Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
PH 30 JAN 1995
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
8-7-1981
Format of Original
35mm color negative
Description
View of the chefs and managers of the Wok Inn restaurant, 1209 Forest Avenue, standing near the counter and price board. The "Chinese Fast-Food" restaurant opened in 1981 at Morrill's Corner, and was in business until 2013.
A second Wok Inn was located at 818 Main Street, South Portland (in business from 1989-2012). The restaurants were owned by Lai Ching Lee and Wai Kuen “Ricky” Yue.
Photographed, left-to-right: Yuan Zhao, Ying Chiu, Ricky Yue (owner), Paul Yue, Peter Ng.
Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 30 January 1995
[See Additional Files links (below) for:
An exterior view of the newly-opened Wok Inn, 1209 Forest Avenue, from the Evening Express on 7 August 1981
and
A complete Wok Inn Menu from 1982]
Recommended Citation
"Wok Inn, 1995" (1981). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 520.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/520
Morrill's Corner and Wok Inn, 7 August 1981
Wok Inn menu - 1982.pdf (2066 kB)
Wok Inn MENU - 1982
Keywords
Portland, Me., North Deering, Morrill's Corner, Forest Avenue, Businesses, Asian community, Menu