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Three years later, Chinatown is forever changed

Shifting immigration patterns and an aging workforce have created an ‘existential crisis’ at legacy dim sum restaurants

From fresh rice noodle rolls to dumplings galore, here are the restaurants to try in New York’s oldest and most famous Chinatown

Businesses in Chinatown are hoping the Chinese New Year is what they need to reverse two years of hard times.

for Chinatown restaurants so they could provide meals for the community’s food-insecure. When she saw how the local, state and federal governments weren’t helping businesses, she partnered with the James Beard Foundation and created the Instagram hashtag #SaveChineseRestaurants, which has expanded to include all Asian American and Pacific Islander restaurants. Currently, she and the group Asian Americans for Equality are to distribute personal safety devices to the AAPI community. In the...

The former of home of Mission Chinese on East Broadway. Two milestones for the battered New York dining industry this coming week. Tuesday, March 16, will be a year since the state halted indoor dining due to the pandemic. And on Friday, March 19, restaurants will be able to increase their indoor dining capacity to 50% (it’s currently 35%). So things are starting to look a bit brighter for those restaurants that managed to survive during the past year. But it’s also a time to look back at ...

There were four businesses damaged in the crash, which happened on Old St. Augustine Road: Hop Shing, King Nails, Great Clips and Little Caesars.

of eulogizing the past 12 months. In 2020’s final days, Eater NY will be posting questions about New York City’s restaurant scene in the past year, with answers from food writers, photographers, chefs, restaurateurs, entrepreneurs, and even a few local legislators who helped to support the industry through this enormously difficult year. Now, we ask: What was 2020’s saddest restaurant closure? Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President: There are too many to count. Clay Williams, food photog...