St. Paul sandwich gangs in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries" and was probably derived from egg foo young. They believed that the early Denver sandwiches were actually St. Paul sandwiches. This sandwich was featured in the PBS documentary "Sandwiches That You Will Like" in 2003 and will be featured in a book by artist Kelly Pratt to be released in 2016 called "Stately Sandwiches" as the sandwich chosen to represent the state of Missouri. It is usually only available in Chinese restaurants in the St. Louis metropolitan area as well as a select few Chinese American restaurants in outlying regions of Missouri,
History of Chinese Americans in St. Louis moved there from New York and San Francisco. The community they settled, Hop Alley, became St. Louis' Chinatown. This community disappeared in 1966 when it was demolished to make room for a parking lot for Busch Stadium. Many Chinese Americans moved to St. Louis's Missouri suburbs, where they founded Chinese-language schools and Chinese churches and community organizations. In the late 19th century and the early 20th century, the ethnic Chinese population was less than 0.1% of the city's population. There were 300 Chinese in St. Louis by the end of the 19th century. In 1960, 102 Chinese lived in the