Established in 1983 on Bee Caves road in a flooded out strip center. Owner Ronald Cheng, twenty-five years old and fresh out of UT Austin. With almost half of his young age devoted to Chinese cuisine he introduced the first fine dining Chinese restaurant in Austin. Chinatown Restaurant specializes in the four main styles of regional Chinese cooking—Szechuan, Hunan, Canton and Mandarin. A first among Chinese restaurants was also the marriage of fine wines paired with the different food styles.