Earlier this Spring, I had blogged about a new Din Tai Fung was going to be opening at a shopping mall in Glendale, California called Americana at Brand. Well, the new restaurant is now open:
“Soup-dumpling temple Din Tai Fung is about to open its doors at the Americana at Brand shopping center in Glendale, with exclusive truffle soup dumplings and a full bar. Its debut is scheduled for Monday [11/4/2013]. Located next to the lobby entrance of Nordstrom, the new 6,800-square-foot, 160-seat location will be the third Los Angeles-area Din Tai Fung (the other two, known for their long lines, are in Arcadia) and the fourth U.S. outpost of the popular Taiwan-based chain, which has 80 locations worldwide.”
I am still disappointed that a Din Tai Fung has not been opened in the San Francisco Bay Area! From my sources, I have heard the U.S. owners do not want to expand outside of Los Angeles and Seattle, where one was opened a few years ago. Otherwise, I’d be more than open my own Din Tai Fung. I already have a line of investors sold on the idea!
About John
I'm a Taiwanese-American and was born & raised in Western Massachusetts, went to college in upstate New York, worked in Connecticut, went to grad school in North Carolina and then moved out to the Bay Area in 1999 and have been living here ever since - love the weather and almost everything about the area (except the high cost of housing...)
