*Notes: Frank (Frankie) Chin, Jung Tai (John/Johnny) Yee, and Robert (Bobby)Lew were the original owners.
The Yee family, which owns the Chicopee location and a number of other area restaurants, sold the Longmeadow restaurant in 1976, allowing the new owners to retain the name. Bobby Lew died February 16, 1996.
This Hu Ke Lau was also one in a small chain of restaurants. Johnny Yee partnered with Frank Chin and Robert Lew to open other locations, including the first in Chicopee, and others in: Lenox, Massachusetts (re-named Luau Hale in the 70s), Salem, New Hampshire, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and Bridgeport, Connecticut (which burned down in 1983).