Chinese Tuxedo is a cool, hip, happening Cantonese style restaurant set in a two-story former opera house on Doyers Street in the heart of Chinatown; the venue was once the headquarters for the notorious Tong (gang) wars that took place in the early 1900s. We say hip and cool because as you enter Chinese Tuxedo …
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TAO Downtown Restaurant, New York
New York is a melting pot of cuisines, and never more so than in the Meatpacking District where you can find a French café nestled next to a hot dog cart around the corner from a Mexican Taqueria. During our recent stay at The Maritime Hotel we found ourselves craving Pan-Asian food, thanks to the …
The Maritime Hotel, New York
Perfectly placed in the heart of the Meatpacking District, this nautical-themed landmark hotel, originally built in the late 60s as the headquarters for the National Maritime Union, was transformed into a boutique hotel in 2003. If you’ve been to that neighbourhood then you may well have noticed the Maritime Hotel towering above its neighbours with …