
“That’s why we’re called United Dumplings,” Zhu said. Left to right, co-owners Sandy Zheng and Julia Zhu at United Dumplings in San Francisco on Aug. They fold the idea of togetherness into their food and share the common presence of dumplings across cultures with their customers. Outside of UD’s Bay Area-inspired menu items, Zheng and Zhu emphasize the communal nature of making dumplings, reminiscing about rolling out and filling them with family during the new year. in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood, in October. The two also look forward to opening their third store, at 6247 College Ave. 4, with a location-exclusive empanada called Little Havana, filled with ground beef, onions, olives and some UD secrets. It’s been so successful, in fact, that Zhu and Zheng recently opened their new Marina restaurant at 2015 Chestnut St. Today, it’s difficult to believe that their restaurant, United Dumplings in Bernal Heights, is only 2 years old. The two became fast friends, eventually conceiving the idea of opening a Northern Chinese dumpling restaurant together.

Julia Zhu was a regular customer at Sandy Zheng’s Beijing Restaurant on Alemany Boulevard, taking comfort in the hard-to-find Northern Chinese cuisine of her home region amongst the southern Chinese-heavy foodscape of the city. Jumbo shrimp turkey dumplings at United Dumplings in San Francisco on Aug. Who’s the team behind this popular restaurant who took a chance on opening in 2020 - arguably one of the food and beverage industry’s most nightmarish years during the pandemic?


There’s bulgogi, for example, tasted in the Korean barbecue beef dumplings, and the Mexican-inspired corn and cheese variety is packed into its Mission Chicken Pot Stickers.
