In 1939, with little capital investment, Leland H. Chin build and started the Pagoda Restaurant in Portland, Oregon. In 1946, Leland sold the Pagoda Restaurant for $16,000, and used the money to purchase an old house at the corner of NE 42nd and Broadway. Two years later in 1948, he tore down the building in order to construct a new commercial building, which would be the home to Chin’s Kitchen Restaurant and Chin’s Import Export Co., Inc. (Chin’s). Chin’s Kitchen was sold in the 1970’s, and Chin’s relocated to a 10,000 square foot building in NW Portland, purchased by Fred & Betty Jean Lee. The business then relocated to a 15,000 square food facility on Swan Island for seven years, before a new building was constructed in 2008 in the Port of Portland’s Rivergate Industrial Park in North Portland. The new facility has enabled Chin’s close proximity to the Port’s Terminal 6 container facility and (3) container transfer terminals, as well as 20,000 square foot office warehouse complex. The Rivergate warehouse facility has enabled Chin’s to stock over 2,000 SKU’s (dry, refrigerated, and frozen), for distribution to its customers throughout the Pacific Northwest region.