The So Chu Inn Chinese restaurant was located at 18-20 South Fifth Street in Minneapolis..  It was in the space formerly occupied by the McCormick Restaurant.

The Proprietor was J.F. Wong.  There was a scare when the newspapers reported that a J.F. Wong had been murdered in the course of a “Tong War,” in February 1925.  This was a vicious rivalry between three different Chinese gangs, or businessmen”s associations, as they were sometimes called.  It turned out that the J.F. Wong who was killed was the brother of the So Chu’s Wong.

The So Chu had a dance floor, with an orchestra with which to do the Fox Trot.  However, some singer in the place had sung the song “Margie,” and Wong was caught without the rights to it, so the song’s composers sued him.  He was fined $10 and court costs and warned not to do it again.

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