The 1910 provenance also puts the Woodland café in close historical proximity to Butte, Montana's, Pekin Noodle Parlor, which dates to either 1909 or 1911 and is widely recognized as the nation's oldest Chinese restaurant.

West Lake Restaurant in Changsha, China, however deserves a very particular kind of attention, however. It is widely recognised as being the largest restaurant in the world, both in terms of surface area and capacity.

Instead, the oldest Chinese restaurant in the United States is located in Butte, Montana. The one-time mining boom town is situated atop the Continental Divide about 200 miles south of the Canadian border. In other words, it's about as far from a traditional Chinatown as you can get.

West Lake Restaurant in Changsha, Hunan, China, is the largest restaurant in Asia, and the largest Chinese restaurant in the world.