Chop Suey Books

Chop Suey Books was started in 2002 and has been providing excellent service to Richmond and beyond ever since. Our original location at 1317 West Cary Street was the former home of George's Chop Suey, a neighborhood restaurant/watering hole that lasted through the early 1970s. Their rusted sign was still attached to the side of the wall, so we ado... pted the name. Of course, "Chop Suey" refers to a dish of food, though the phrase is an Americanization of the Mandarin "Za Sui," meaning "a little bit of this, a little bit of that. This translation applies perfectly to Chop Suey Books' vision of combining a solid collection of gently used literature, art, photography, architecture, design, philosophy, poetry, theater, film, and so on. Over the years, Chop Suey Books has kept this vision while growing into a Richmond mainstay, participating in and helping to organize various community events. In 2006, we opened a second location, Chop Suey Tuey, in Carytown. Needing to give this second location it's own personality, we began stocking select new publications that might not be found elsewhere in Richmond. We were especially glad to have this location when the rent at our original location was raised by over 20%, forcing us to regretfully close that store and move the entire inventory to Carytown. To fit in all the books, we expanded to the upstairs, and now have two floors of fantastic, nearly new used books and about 800 hand picked new titles.Read More