Alex Cheung Co

I have been patronizing Alex’s shop for over 20 years. Alex is extremely knowledgeable on Chinese history, antiques and the local Chinatown community. He has a great variety of items for sale across all price ranges and is great at recommending items to be purchased for gifts or for your home or office. He is reliable and completely trustworthy regarding the history, age and value of the antiques that he sells. I highly recommend stopping in to shop at Alex’s store.

Yesterday, I was walking around Chinatown and was lucky to be introduced to Alex and his shop. Alex’s antique shop is one of the last OG shops on Chung King Road. It’s a reflection of Chinatown, its history, and the immigrants who called that community home for so many years.
Alex is such a fun person to talk to! He’s full of stories and enthusiasm. You will learn so much about the community talking to him. His shop is also full of the most interesting gems. Scrolls, jade pieces, trinkets, ceramics– everything is beautiful! You’ll get lost wandering around the place because of how engulfed you’ll be in the pieces. You’ll be sure to find the perfect unique gift for yourself or a friend.
I’m so glad to see this shop still around, in contrast to the new quiet art galleries on the same block, and I hope it stays around for a long time. With a shop owner so welcoming and friendly, this shop deserves to be full of loyal, returning and new customers. The hours are great, the shop’s doors are always open to the public, and you’ll have a great conversation with the owner!
Go support Chinatown’s small businesses (:

My mom introduced me to Alex’s place when I was in high school — before galleries and hip restaurants had popped up. Back then it was just Chinatown. At the time, Chung King Rd was bustling with Chinese Import businesses, but now he is the last guy on his stretch of the block.
It is a store full of wonders and Alex, who is enthusiastic, knowledgeable, passionate and just generally awesome, will spend one-​on-​one time with you while you are shopping. Among the rad things I saw there today: temple adornments from the 1800s, 1930s Chinese ceramics, vintage sharkskin spectacle holders, side tables, strings of freshwater pearls, Mao pins and tiny cages for your pet cricket. I bought a beautiful ceramic turquoise incense holder that could also double as a vase: it’s awesome. Everything is super well-​priced and you can negotiate to an extent. A great destination to explore on a lazy Sunday, or to find something cool and unusual for your home or apartment.

Alex Cheung Co. in Chinatown is a wonderful treasure trove of antiques, folk art, furniture and ceramics. It is as if you have walked into a very enriching world, all the more enhanced by Alex Cheung, who is very generous in telling the stories and lore behind the objects found in his store. I continue to learn, explore and find magical pieces each time I go for a visit… objects that resonate a depth and culture dear to the heart.

Cheung’s Imports used to occupy two-​storefronts on Chung King Rd carrying impressive looking antique Chinese-​style furniture.
These days they don’t do the usual high-​volume shipments they once did during the real estate boom years, but one can still find old wooden book cases, bamboo armoires, tea tables, wooden benches called the Horse as well as number of small antique chotkes (art scrolls, stone carvings, brass combo lock with chinese characters, etc.)
Some day, I’d like to make the trip to Tibet and experience the altitude challenge myself. Until then, I have the Cheung’s to thank for getting me my very zen-​like Tanka.