Word spreads fast in neighborhoods where the same family has been running the same takeout window for longer than most residents have been alive. The egg rolls are the reason.
Crisp shells that shatter on the first bite, giving way to a filling that manages to be savory without being greasy, the kind of contrast that makes you reach for a second one before finishing the first.
The building shows its age, the menu has not changed in decades, plus the seating situation is nonexistent. You order at the counter, wait on the sidewalk, eat standing up or in your car with the windows cracked…