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Chinatown Review
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Chinatown
Neighborhoods / Streets, Downtown
Fodor's Review:
Boston's Chinatown may seem small, but it's said to be the third largest in the United States, after those in San Francisco and Manhattan. Beginning in the 1870s, Chinese immigrants started to trickle in, many setting up tents in a strip they called Ping On Alley. The trickle increased to a wave when immigration restrictions were lifted in 1968. As in most other American Chinatowns, the restaurants are a big draw; on Sunday, many Bostonians head to Chinatown for dim sum. Today the many Chinese establishments -- most found along Beach and Tyler streets and Harrison Avenue -- are interspersed with Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, and Malaysian eateries. A three-story pagoda-style arch at the end of Beach Street welcomes you to the district.
INFO
- Address: Bounded (roughly) by Essex, Washington, Marginal, and Hudson, Boston, MA
- Metro: Chinatown
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