Seattle Abandoned Chinatown Crime Forces 10-Year Dim Sum Spot To Close

A beloved dim sum restaurant in Seattle's Chinatown-International District is scaling back to weekend-only service after ten years — and owner Vince Zhao isn't mincing words: crime drove this. His restaurant sits blocks from 12th and South Jackson, the city's most notorious open-air drug corridor. Seattle scrubbed its downtown for the FIFA World Cup but never touched the International District, and the businesses that stayed through all of it are now paying the price.Sean walks through what Zhao documented firsthand: drug dealing in front of the restaurant while he was out with his son during the World Cup, a homeless complex nearby feeding the street market, and a neighborhood the city has quietly decided can absorb whatever gets pushed out of everywhere else. The contrast with Bellevue — where Sean works commercial appraisal and restaurants are thriving — is impossible to ignore.The pattern Sean keeps returning to: if this were happening in any other ethnic neighborhood, there would be outrage. Instead, Seattle's Chinatown gets a racism framing from city hall instead of a law enforcement response. Katie Wilson and the city council are passing the hot potato while a ten-year institution winds down and China Harbor sits empty up the street.CHAPTERS0:00 Popular dim sum spot in Chinatown…1:23 Chinatown Restaurant Curtails Hours…2:21 Crime at 12th and Jackson Closes…2:53 International District Crime Drives…4:13 Open-Air Drug Market Ruins Chinatown…5:16 Owner Vince Zhao Cuts Weekday…7:23 Filming Drug Dealing During the World…8:10 Crime Killed This Restaurant, Not the…9:05 Daniel Lurie Cleans Up San Francisco…10:05 Seattle Made Chinatown Its Crime…11:10 Empty Dining Rooms Force Weekday…13:17 Bellevue Restaurants Booming While…14:27 Katie Wilson Faces Seattle's Law…16:11 City Fines Businesses While Chinatown…18:36 Seattle's Neglect of Chinatown Is RacismSubscribe to @reasonablenews for daily Pacific Northwest coverage the local media won't touch — hit the notification bell so you don't miss an episode.#NFRP #SeattleChinatown #InternationalDistrictGO PREMIUM WITH REASONABLE+ FOR UNCENSORED ACCESS 🌟https://ReasonableTV.com/🛍️ MERCH - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/💬 JOIN our FREE Discord Community! Share stories, chat with fellow enthusiasts, and stay in the loop: https://discord.com/invite/uJGWFpgDcY👍🏼 SMASH that LIKE button & SUBSCRIBE for daily videos that dive into the latest news! https://youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeopleSTAY CONNECTED:🔗 Rumble - https://Rumble.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 Facebook - https://www.Facebook.com/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 iTunes - https://Apple.co/2MkFziJ🔗 Spotify - https://Spoti.fi/2Dh8EoL