founded february 14 1968 founder michael chow headquarters new york city united states area served united states europe products chinese cuisine owner michael chow website www.mrchow.com mr. chow is a series of upscale chinese restaurants founded by restaurateur michael chow . 1 2 3 4 5 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit michael chow son of chinese peking opera grand master zhou xinfang opened the first mr. chow in knightsbridge london on february 14 1968 . a beverly hills california location soon followed in 1974 and midtown new york at 57th street in 1978 . in 2006 the fourth location in tribeca new york opened . in 2009 a location opened in south beach miami at the w hotel and another in malibu california in 2012 at the malibu country mart . 6 in 1999 eurochow a restaurant located in a 4 million restoration of a landmark domed building in westwood village neighborhood of los angeles opened but closed by 2007 . 7 8 michael chow has said the mr. chow restaurants have always been underlined by a desire and need to promote the chinese culture . 5 china always has been a great great nation chow stated in a wall street journal interview and added chinese people i like them . what can i say 5 alan richman of gq magazine has described the experience at mr. chow as an establishment that can not be defined by customary standards but must be appreciated for its sheer fabulousness . 9 the food at his restaurants has been panned for example the new york times critic frank bruni gave mr. chow tribeca zero stars and new york magazine critic adam platt gave it a similarly dismal review . 10 11 the goal of his restaurant design is to be fancy and expensive being quoted as saying expensive is important . very important . 10 see also edit list of chinese restaurants references edit the los angeles times the los angeles times the los angeles times the los angeles times a b c mr. chow celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with brooke shields hamish bowles and other fashion folk . the wall street journal . 4 november 2004 . the new york times mr. chow makes splash in westwood with new eurochow los angeles times july 1 1999 accessed august 31 2016 . got 700k let s buy eurochow la curbed january 20 2007 accessed august 31 2016 . gq a b sky high prices bad reviews no matter mr. chow powers on the new york times august 31 2016 accessed august 31 2016 . warmed over chow new york magazine accessed august 31 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mr. chow & oldid 738738664 categories 1968 establishments in the united kingdomchinese restaurantsrestaurants established in 1968beverly hills california1974 establishments in california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 19 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view