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The Great Debate: Should Men Be Allowed to Wear Shorts at Hop Sing Laundromat?

Lee from Hop Sing Laundromat floated the idea of loosening up his dress code to allow men to wear dress shorts. After all, he does […]

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Where We’re Eating: Penang

For me, Penang was always one of the restaurants that defined Philly’s Chinatown. Before I lived here, it was the place my wife and I […]

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Red Kings 2 Is Open in Chinatown

Red Kings 2 is now open at 1006 Race Street in Chinatown. Like the orignal at 933 Race Street, this one offers spicy Sichuan specialties […]

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Dim Sum Garden Is Making a Move

Dim Sum Garden, the Chinatown dive where the food is always being praised, is moving into a much bigger (and nicer) location in Chinatown. The […]

City Life

Yo! Chinatown Buses Return To Philly

A year after the federal government shuttered most of the independent Chinatown bus lines traveling up and down the I-95 corridor, NBC 10 reports that […]

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Taste Illustrated: The Hop Sing Laundromat Drunk Walk

    It has become a vital question among Philly’s serious cocktail connoisseurs: Where to eat after a night spent drinking at Chinatown’s Hop Sing […]

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Valentine Date Idea: Yakitori Boy for the Singing Couple

Blessed with a good set of pipes? Woo your loved one with song and sushi. Yakitori Boy’s  prix fixe Valentine’s menu includes the pictured “Sweet […]

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Hop Sing Laundromat in Details Magazine

Hop Sing Laundromat makes Details Magazine’s Best New Bars in America feature. Hop Sing is listed under High End Cocktails along with bars from New […]

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Get Happy, Happy Noodle Bar Is Coming to Chinatown

The sign is up but newspapers still cover the windows at Happy Noodle Bar. Happy is preparing to take up residence at 927 Race Street, […]

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Adam Erace at Hop Sing Laundromat

Adam Erace had held out longer than most. Turned off by Hop Sing Laundromat’s hype and its proprietor’s self-deprecation, Erace at avoided Lee’s Chinatown cocktail […]

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LaBan Is the Latest to Fall Under the Hop Sing Spell

Craig LaBan sings  the praises of Hop Sing Laundromat’s Nevermore cocktail. LaBan calls it a “deliciously one-of-a-kind cocktail.” A one-of-a-kind drink from Hop Sing Laundromat […]

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Revisit: Banana Leaf in Chinatown

My mother used to tell me that the best way to judge a cookbook is the least judgmental. In her opinion, all it took was […]

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The Revisit: Hop Sing Laundromat

So, three guys walk into a bar… Wait, let me start over. A homicidal maniac, an Al-Qaeda torture specialist, and a Foobooz commenter walk into […]

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Food Trucks Debut at Night Market

A few recently opened food trucks in the area will be making their Night Market debuts at the Chinatown event on October 4th. Three new […]

City Life

Night Market Announces Chinatown Date

One of our favorite Philadelphia food phenomenons—the Night Market—has scheduled its last event for the 2012 season: 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 4 in Chinatown. […]