About Us

The Jow brothers, Hong and Shing, have a family history that dates to Tulsa’s first Chinese restaurant and includes some of the city’s most memorable Cantonese-style eateries.

Their great-grandparents opened Mandarin downtown on Third Street in 1930. Other family members opened the Pagoda and Ming Palace. Their parents opened Golden Palace in 1979, which closed in early 2019. A late uncle was a co-owner of Ming’s Noodle Bar.

Hong and Shing once owned Jow’s Takee Outee (now Kit’s Takee Outee) and the now-closed J.J.’s Coneys & Burgers.

Their newest venture, Deco Lounge, has a handful of dishes that pay homage to their family history. Some have an Asian fusion preparation and some are straight-on American. Almost everything is made from scratch.

“We have family recipes that have been handed down, and some we tweaked a little bit,” Hong said. “Some we just came up with for Deco Lounge.”