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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 […]

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Night Market Returning to Chinatown

Mark your calendars, Night Market is making a return appearance to Chinatown. The last Night Market of the year is set for Thursday, October 4th […]

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Vietnam House is a Very, Very, Very Fine House

Brian Freedman reviews Vietnam House at the corner of 9th and Race Streets and finds the spot is doing Vietnamese classics well and at bargain […]

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Terakawa Ramen Has Opened

A Foobooz tipster has alerted us that Terakawa Ramen is now open in Chinatown. The ramen shop, which has an outpost in New York, replaces […]

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The Hop Sing Laundromat Dress Code

Illustration via Wikipedia One of the most searched for terms on Foobooz over the last month has been “Hop Sing Laundromat dress code.” And it […]

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Ramen Boy Gives Way to Terakawa Ramen

Michael Klein has the story that Ramen Boy has closed up shop in less than six months in Chinatown. Up next will be Terakawa Ramen out of […]

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Hawk Krall Show on First Friday

This July 6th, as part of First Friday gallery events, Hawk Krall will be showing his work at Space 1026 from 6 to 10 p.m. […]

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Behind the Scenes of Lee and Hop Sing

Brian Freedman visits with Hop Sing Laundromat’s Lêe and finds out more about the man and his bar than even Freedman expected. As for the […]