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fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

Lei Is a New Jewel of Chinatown

Doyers Street is a one-block strip in Chinatown that starts off perpendicular to the Bowery and then curves ninety degrees, like a lowercase "r," to terminate against the bustle of Pell Street. A notorious battleground for gang fights in the early nineteen-hundreds, it has, in recent decades, scrubbed out the bloodstains and redefined itself as a beloved, city-grid-defying idiosyncrasy, narrow and wonky and overflowing with atmosphere.
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fromEater NY
11 months ago

A King Co-Owner Opens an Intimate Chinese American Wine Bar

Lei wine bar opens in Chinatown, exemplifying a trend of Asian American wine bars in New York.
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