Joe Yee’s Station Restaurant

Joe Yee’s Station Restaurant at 425 South 100 West in Milford has been the town’s primary sit-down dining option since at least 1990 — a Chinese restaurant operating in a railroad and ranching community of 1,400 people, which says something about what Joe Yee built here. The menu runs egg foo young, chop suey, and the range of American-Chinese standards that have sustained the place across three decades of Milford dinner service.

Milford’s economic identity is layered: it was founded on the transcontinental railroad in the 1870s, supported mining operations through the twentieth century, and now sits adjacent to the Fervo Energy geothermal development and active copper mining in the Mineral Mountains. The workforce this generates cycles through town. Joe Yee’s functions as the community table — the place where a relatively small, economically specific town can sit down for a cooked meal without driving to Beaver or beyond.

In a town with four restaurants total, a restaurant that has been operating under the same owner and name for more than thirty-five years is the anchor.

**Verification notes** TripAdvisor and Yellow Pages listings confirm current operation; address 425 S 100 W, Milford confirmed across multiple directories; Joe Yee confirmed as owner/namesake; customer reviews from as far back as 2020 reference multi-decade operation; independently operated.