SF Chinatown's last fortune cookie maker may have to fold

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The last fortune cookie factory is in danger of crumbling in San Francisco,s Chinatown.

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory located at 56 Ross Alley may have to close due to rising rents.

According to the BBC, the rent has gone from $1400 to $6,000 in three years.

“I’m worried about the future right now,” owner Kevin Chan said to the San Francisco Chronicle. “I don’t know what to do.”

The last remaining fortune cookie factory in San Francisco has been a tourist attraction for years in Chinatown. It’s hidden away in an alley, perhaps adding to its mystique.

Chan says the cookies are made by hand and made from his mother’s secret recipe. He contends machine-made cookies just aren’t the same.

“It’s hard,” he said to the BBC. “Old school doesn’t exist in today’s technology. But I’m determined to keep the traditions going.”

SCREEN CAPTURE / KPIX

Fortune cookies are still shaped by hand at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory in San Francisco's Chinatown.
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