![]() ![]() It was opened in 1984 by famed Red Farm restaurateur Ed Schoenfeld and chef David Keh, who was considered a pioneer in NYC’s sit-down Chinese restaurant scene. The original space, located at 1540 Second Ave., at of East 80th Street, sported a barnyard motif on the outside and a bright pink dining room with neon-lit pigs throughout. Pig Heaven isn’t as well known in the city now, but for years, it was a destination for Chinese food, pointed to as a solid dining option in the Times as early as 1989 and consistently through 1995. In doing so, she ended up shepherding a legend of its time through decades. The restaurant ended up being a good fit for that. “I’m a people person, and I like to work with people,” she says. ![]() Nonetheless, she took over Pig Heaven in 1987. It was her first job in the U.S., but she didn’t necessarily see herself running the restaurant, she says. Lee started working as a host at Pig Heaven the year it opened, after immigrating from Taiwan. Lee, who is 62 years old, has been with the restaurant for over three decades, seeing it through a renovation, relocation, and many years of changes in the neighborhood. The steadfast presence at Upper East Side Taiwanese restaurant Pig Heaven, owner Nancy Lee, has retired from her post - selling the restaurant to new management and marking the end of another era for the nearly 35-year-old restaurant. ![]()
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