Quebec’s largest East Asian noodle and cookie manufacturer that has been rooted in Montreal’s Chinatown for more than 100 years is closing.
Wing Noodles production at their building on the corner of Côté and de La Gauchetière West will cease at the end of November which will mark the end of an era.
The family business has provided fortune cookies, rice noodles and sauces to many Chinese restaurants in Montreal over the years.
The company started as an import/export business in 1897, but in 1946 it began producing fresh Chinese noodles, egg roll covers and won ton covers.
The production of Wing Noodles’ famous Yet-Ca-Mein dry noodles began in the 1950s and by the 1960s, the operation expanded to rice noodles, almond cookies, fortune cookies and sauces.
According to its website, Wing Noodles is the first East Asian food manufacturer to offer bilingual messages in their fortune cookies. Their products are also certified kosher.
The future of the Wings Noodle building is uncertain, but it is listed as a heritage building on Quebec’s Ministry of Culture and Communications website.
