New York City's Chinatown
 

Will be visiting NYC in Feb & would like to see how they celebrate their Chinese New Year. I believe it's on Feb 12, not too sure. Want to see their parade & any other cultural events that they have. Where does the parade start & end? What are the best restaurants to eat at in Chinatown, any streets we should avoid or see? Any suggestions or comments would be really helpful, thanks!

Can't speak to streets to avoid or culture, but, like most native NYers, we each have our favorite restaurants.<BR>the best are the plain ones on Mott street. forget names for the most part-we always knew them by addresses only.<BR>ca't go wrong with 17 Mott, also 13 Mott. Zagata recommended one near Mott but it was not better than humble 17 where you get a good NY experience-indifferent waiters, simple tables, zero atmosphere, but great food with prices for entres the same as appetizers in most restaurants.

One of my favorite places to eat is across the street from the Peking Duck House..I will always remember the day that a waiter started screaming at a man, walked out the door with him,continuing to yell! Remember to go to Little Italy and have ices for dessert!

The parade starts at 11am on February 12 (the Year of the Horse) along Canal Street, Mulberry Street, the Bowery, Mott Street, East Broadway and Division Street.

Thanks for all the info! Very helpful.

Just want to add that Chinatown is one of the neighborhood's suffering the most economically in the aftermath of 9/11 so it's an especially good time to go there.<BR>In addition to sit down restaurants, a fun thing to do is eat your way through some of the slick new coffee/tea/bun shops in the area, You can have a cool iced coffee, with the specialty , big marblesized tapioca balls (looks really cool!) and a couple of sweet or savory steamed buns or more greasy (and maybe more delicious?)filled croissant-like rolls, all for about $2-3 for the drink, less than $1 each for the buns!

If you like crab, don't leave Chinatown without eating the salt baked soft shell crabs at New York Noodletown!

try the salt baked squid at noodletown -you will not be disappointed

Cory:<BR>until March 3 you can get lunch for $8.88, dinner for $18.88 in many great restaurants in Chinatown.