Founded in 1998 in Chicago by Master Chef and Chairman of the US-China Restaurant Alliance(www.u-cra.com) Xiaojun (Tony) Hu, Lao Sze Chuan USA (www.laoszechuanusa.com) today has locations in Chicago, Washington DC, Minnesota, Houston, and Ohio. Over the past 26 years, Lao Sze Chuan USA has received numerous accolades locally, nationally, and internationally including: in 2000, "Three Forks" award by Chicago Tribune, the highest award for Chinese restaurants at that time; in 2009, recognition as one of the top ten Chinese restaurants in the U.S. by "Chinese Restaurant News;" in 2013, "Travel & Leisure" awarded Best Chinese Restaurant in America; in 2015, "The Daily Meal" awarded the Best Chinese Restaurant and Best Takeout in the country; i