Ruby Chow Bruce Lee

He arrived in 1959 and lived and worked at the ruby chow restaurant in seattle.

Ruby chow bruce lee.

Bruce lee lived as a student in seattle in the early 60s working as a waiter at ruby chow s restaurant and living upstairs. After returning to the united states in 1959 bruce was born in america in 1940 he lived and worked at ruby chow s restaurant 1122 jefferson street seattle wa 98104 at the corner of broadway and jefferson. Bruce lee kicking ass friday s post 21 jeet kune do the way of the intercepting fist or foot music by holy beats. Chow leveraged her resources as a restaurant owner and community organizer to help get wing luke elected to the seattle city council in 1962 by having all the chinese restaurants print it s wise to vote for wing luke as their fortune cookie fortunes.

Chow s restaurant staff subsequently included a young bruce lee the kung fu master. This was a time in his life when he loved where he was and dreamed of where he was headed to hollywood a. Ruby chow was a restauranteur that became the first asian american to serve on the king county council seattle where she served three terms. The building is no longer there and is now the parking lot for first hill medical building.

Actor martial artist nationality. The future martial arts star moved in 1959 from san francisco to seattle and through a family friend not only got a job at ruby chow s restaurant but lived in a space. Yes that bruce lee. After getting in numerous fights with street gangs in hong kong bruce lee was sent by his parents back to america.

Young bruce in front of ruby chow s restaurant.