Yungkang Street would become an important epicenter of mainland Chinese fare in Taiwan's capital city.
永康街因此成為首都核心裡，一塊匯集外省美食的角落。1979 年台美斷交，風雨飄搖的危機感中，眾多永康街住戶移民海外，部分房舍紛紛轉售出租，另一批城鄉移民遷入，新移民使得商業氣息與文人風交錯，逐漸改變永康街風貌。