Chink's Cheesesteaks. Nice.
Gothamist: How Much Is Too PC?:
"Opened in 1949 by the late Samuel "Chink" Sherman, the steak shop has become a neighborhood legend."
"Sherman got the nickname when he was 6, said widow Mildred Sherman.
"He had slanty eyes...and the kids started calling him 'chink,' " Mildred Sherman said. Many people didn't learn of his real name until they attended his funeral in 1997. Sherman said the nickname is etched on her husband's gravestone.
Sherman called the controversy "ridiculous. We are Jewish. We're far from racist. We have Chinese customers," Sherman said. "My husband was well-loved by everybody.""

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