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Get lucky at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

A mural on the interior walls of the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, depicting the founder folding cookies.
Rae Kim
A mural inside the factory depicting founder Nancy Chan.

Kevin Chan runs the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory in San Francisco's Chinatown, the oldest fortune cookie company in the Bay Area that still makes cookies by hand.

The shop is open seven days a week and is located in a small alleyway between Grant Avenue and Jackson Street.

Rae Kim is a KALW Audio Academy Fellow in the class of 2026.