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Bottles line every wall and stack to the ceiling on Doyers Street, which tells you what you're in for at this tiny Chinatown wine bar before you've even sat down. The team pairs a well-chosen, offbeat list with smart modern Chinese food, and the room fills fast enough that tables spill into the alley. It won the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in 2026, which the elbow-to-elbow crowd seems to have already known for a while.
Seven honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Best New Restaurant
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times #76 · The 100 Best Restaurants in New York City
- The New York Times Sesame Shao Bing · Our New York Restaurant Critic Names Her Favorite Dishes This Year
- Eater The Best Places to Eat in Chinatown
One number, weighted & current 90
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Fried whiting with seaweed Michelin Guide
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- Mee Sum Cafe Chinese Coffee Shop Eat · 60
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- Hop Lee Chinese Eat · 64
- Wo Hop Chinese Eat · 60
- Bridges New American Eat · 90
- Mei Lai Wah Bakery Cantonese Bakery Eat · 60
- Nom Wah Dim Sum Chinese Eat · 82
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