Pearl River Mart

In 1971, a group of young overseas Chinese men and women decided China had much to offer America and worked together to open a small friendship store in New York Citys Chinatown. This was a radical idea at the time, as diplomatic relations between China and the United States were frozen and direct trade was strictly forbidden. Somehow, they found a way. Mere months after the stores opening, President Nixon and Chairman Mao shook hands in Beijing, and Pearl Rivers storied place in history as the worlds first Chinese American department store began. Over the next five decades, we cultivated a reputation in NYC for being the place where you can find just about anything: from Buddha statuettes to rice snacks to chopsticks, along with countless things you cant even name. Many of our customers walk through the doors not knowing what they want, only to walk out hours later with exactly what they were looking for. Over 50 years later, Pearl River is a beloved New York institution and a sy...