Openings & Closings: Where to Eat During Chinese New Year

Susan Sheng | Jan 17, 2012 12:00 pm | 8 comments | 5488 reads

Chinese New Year is great! (Chinese New Year is boring.) There's family to see and warmth to share! (I just got back from Christmas overseas and all my friends are heading out of town.) Hey, maybe I'll get a few hongbao! (Damnit, more of this giving-money-away business?!) We're all gonna make dumplings and eat sweets! (I've blocked out my last solo jiaozi-making venture, it was too traumatizing!) Check out this massive pile of fireworks my uncle bought for us! (How am I going to sleep this week?!)

The only annoying part is that my favorite restaurant is closed ... boo! (I can't even get a decent meal.)

Love Chinese New Year or hate it, we can all agree – restaurant closings are a massive downer during the holiday period. For your edible convenience, we've compiled a list of restaurants that will still serve you up a feast during the upcoming vacation.

A general note: many medium-to-small sized Chinese restaurants will be closed for the entire holiday. For the purposes of this list, we've defined the holiday period to be from Jan 22-28, inclusive (as per national public holiday allowance).

OPEN

Alameda: OPEN throughout

Alio Olio: OPEN throughout

Annie's: OPEN throughout (Chaoyang Park, Sanlitun, Lido & Guomao locations only)

Baoyuan Jiaozi Wu: CLOSED Jan 23-4, OPEN all other days

Bei: CLOSED Jan 22-6, OPEN Jan 27

Biteapitta: CLOSED Jan 22, OPEN all other days

Blue Frog: OPEN throughout

Capital M: CLOSED Jan 22-8, OPEN from dinner Jan 28

Cepe: CLOSED Jan 22-5, OPEN from dinner Jan 25

Ciro's Pomodoro: OPEN throughout

Din Tai Fung: OPEN throughout

Green Bites Dumpling Bar: OPEN throughout

Gung Ho!: CLOSED Jan 22-24, OPEN Jan 25-9 with limited hours (10am-2pm, 5-10pm)

Hard Rock Cafe: OPEN throughout

Hatsune: CLOSED Jan 23 for lunch, OPEN all other days

Kerry's Kitchen & Kerry's Pantry: OPEN throughout

Modo: CLOSED Jan 22-4, OPEN from dinner Jan 24

Mosto: CLOSED Jan 22-6, OPEN from dinner Jan 26

Rumi: CLOSED Jan 22, OPEN all other days

SALT: CLOSED Jan 22-5, OPEN from Jan 26

Sureno: CLOSED Jan 23-4, OPEN all other days

Tadka: OPEN throughout

Taj: OPEN throughout

Tavola: OPEN throughout

Union: CLOSED dinner Jan 22, OPEN all other days

Village Cafe: OPEN throughout

Expect updates to this list as we get them. If you have a restaurant to add, please let us know in the comments!

Photo: The Guardian via Miami New Times

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lauren_mccarthy's picture lauren_mccarthy Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 15:10

Nola will be closed from Jan 21-26.

Jinshisong will be delivering during the holiday but:

- are working with a smaller staff, thus expect longer delivery times. They suggest ordering in advance if you have a specific delivery time in mind.

- some of their participating restaurants may be closed. They'll update their website to show this.

As a bonus, order RMB 517 in food and get free delivery

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