By Gus Saltonstall
Jing Fong, a popular restaurant specializing in dim sum and Cantonese cuisine, permanently closed its Upper West Side location on Sunday.
The eatery announced on Instagram that it was shuttering its restaurant at 380 Amsterdam Avenue, on the corner of West 78th Street.
“We would like to share that after eight years of serving the Upper West Side, Jing Fong Upper West Side will close its doors at the end of service at 9:30 p.m. on March 8, 2026,” the restaurant wrote. “This decision does not come easily. We are beyond grateful for every guest who walked through our Upper West Side doors and every staff who became family. Thank you for being a part of our Upper West Side chapter and making it so meaningful.”
Jing Fong opened on the Upper West Side in July of 2017 to much fanfare, which West Side Rag covered at the time. The eatery served up dumplings, pork buns, spring rolls, fried shrimp wontons, soups, scallion pancakes, BBQ spare ribs, and much more.
In 2021, the Upper West Side restaurant’s manager Hing Chi Stephen Chung, was tragically hit and killed by a cyclist outside the eatery on Amsterdam Avenue. Chung was unloading vegetables for the kitchen when he was struck in the bike lane.
Jing Fong’s original location in Chinatown will remain open.
Dozens of customers responded on Instagram to Jing Fong’s closing post.
“We will really miss you uptown,” one person wrote. “We had dinner there last night. Thank you for the last eight years.”
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Terrible news. Loved this place. There are strong Chinese restaurants in the neighborhood (Legend 72 for Szechuan food), but Jing Fong was the go-to for dumplings and other dim sum. Any recommendations for a replacement??