Wing Noodles: The Heart of Chinatown
2026-06-06 / 11:00 – 2027-03-07 / 16:00
After nearly 130 years of operations, Wing Noodles has closed its doors. The family business that introduced fortune cookies to Québec several decades ago leaves behind a rich and layered history, the discovering of which might spark joy comparable only to the experience of chewing into a Wing’s almond cookie for the first time. JIA’s newest exhibition dives into the legacy Wing’s has built and how this legacy came to be, spanning the arrival of the Hee Chong Lee in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu at the end of the 19th century, the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion years, and all that Wing’s came to be and represent for the family, patrons, and community it nurtured.
Wing Noodles: The Heart of Chinatown invites you to dig deeper into this history and discover the stories of spaces, people, and objects at the very heart of Wing’s.
Beware: its contents might lead you on a rabbit hole journey into topics as precise as networks of Chinese restaurants in Eastern North America or as large as heritage preservation.
If this were to happen to you, our Fortunes and Futures talks series might provide some answers.
At Chinatown House starting June 6, 2026.
Saturdays & Sundays 11am–4pm, rain or shine.