Field Report: Eng’s Chinese Restaurant

Faye Sit making the same tropical drinks she has for decades at Eng’s.

Eng’s Chinese Restaurant opened in Kingston, NY, in 1927. In March 2000, when the Covid shutdown came, it closed its perfectly preserved, mid-20th-century dining room. For five years, Eng’s did only a take-out business.

Last month, however, the dining room triumphantly returned. Since…