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Café China
The restaurant's exterior in 2023

Restaurant information
Established	2011 (2011)^[1]
Owner(s)	Xian Zhang and Yiming Wang
Food type	Sichuan Chinese
Street address	59 West 37th Street
City	New York City
State	New York
Postal/ZIP Code	10018
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°45′5.7″N 73°59′9″W / 40.751583°N 73.98583°W / 40.751583; -73.98583
Website	https://cafechinanyc.com/

Café China is a Chinese restaurant in Midtown West, New York City serving Sichuan cuisine in a 1940s Shanghai style setting established in 2011.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] In 2021, the restaurant closed, moving from its original one floor location at 13 East 37th St to its current one up the block which is 3 floors. A new restaurant called Chili was opened by several former workers at Cafe China in their old location and drew ire from Cafe China accusing them of stealing their menu.^[6] The restaurant had received a Michelin star in 2013 becoming the first Chinese restaurant in NYC to receive one maintaining their star until 2020.

References

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^ Fortney, Luke (2021-09-23). "Cafe China Alleges Ex-Employees Swooped Up Former Space and Ripped Off Its Design, Menu". Eater NY. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
^ Yang, Kenny (2022-08-22). "Café China Review - Midtown - New York". The Infatuation. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
^ "Café China | New York Magazine | The Thousand Best". New York Magazine. 2019-02-20. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
^ Wells, Pete (2012-05-01). "Showing the Chile Who's Boss". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
^ Sietsema, Robert (2022-09-21). "How Does Cafe China Stack Up to Its Alleged Midtown Copycat?". Eater NY. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
^ Sietsema, Robert (21 September 2022). "How Does Cafe China Stack Up to Its Alleged Midtown Copycat?". Eater NY. Vox Media. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

Midtown (30th–42nd Sts) and Midtown South

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

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5th Av – 3rd Av (incl. Murray Hill)	One Grand Central Place 2 Park Av 3 Park Av 4 Park Av 10 E 40th St 18 E 41st St 29 E 32nd St (Grolier Club) 101 Park Av 110 E 42nd St 146 East 38th Street 152 East 38th Street 200 Madison Av 275 Madison Av 425 5th Av 461 5th Av Adelaide L. T. Douglas House Allerton 39th Street House Chanin Building Civic Club / Estonian House Colony Club Demarest Building George S. Bowdoin Stable Jonathan W. Allen Stable Joseph Raphael De Lamar House (Polish Consulate) Lefcourt Colonial Building Madison Belmont Building Pershing Square Building Robb House Socony–Mobil Building Tiffany and Company Building Union League Club Williams Club
Former	Bryant Hall Building Kaskel and Kaskel Building Latting Observatory Pennsylvania Station Waldorf–Astoria

Culture

Shops, restaurants, nightlife	Ai Fiori Café China The Cutting Room J. Levine Books and Judaica Keens Steakhouse Lan Sheng Okdongsik Sushi Sho Wolfgang's Steakhouse
Museums/cultural centers	Girl Scout Museum and Archives Houdini Museum of New York Morgan Library & Museum Museum of the Dog Scandinavia House
Hotels	Grand Hotel The Knickerbocker The Langham Library Hotel Martinique New York Hotel McAlpin Hotel Pennsylvania The Roger Hotel The Wilbraham Hotel Wolcott Wyndham New Yorker Hotel
Venues and theaters	AMC Empire 25 New Amsterdam Theatre Nederlander Theatre Madison Square Garden The Theater at Madison Square Garden
Former	Anco Cinema Belmont Hotel Broadway Theatre Browne's Chop House Cafe Rouge Garrick Theatre Herald Square Theatre Hotel Pierrepont Kajitsu Liberty Theatre Maxine Elliott's Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Morgans Hotel Princess Theatre Reuben's Restaurant Sam H. Harris Theatre Savoy Theatre

Other points of interest

Green spaces	Bryant Park
Education	CUNY Graduate School of Journalism CUNY School of Professional Studies Guttman Community College High School of Art and Design New York Public Library Main Branch Norman Thomas High School Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library Stern College for Women William Esper Studio Wood Tobé–Coburn School
Religion	Armenian Evangelical Church of New York First Zen Institute of America Holy Innocents Church Millinery Center Synagogue Our Saviour Roman Catholic Church Redeemer Presbyterian Church St. Francis of Assisi Church

Transportation

Subway stations	33rd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 34th Street–Herald Square 34th Street–Penn Station 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal Grand Central–42nd Street Times Square–42nd Street
Railroad/bus	Grand Central Madison Grand Central Terminal New York Penn Station Port Authority Bus Terminal
Streets and intersections	Third Avenue Fifth Avenue Sixth Avenue Seventh Avenue Eighth Avenue 34th 42nd Broadway Herald Square Lexington Avenue Madison Avenue Park Avenue Park Avenue Tunnel

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