Grand Sichuan St. Marks

15. December 2006 Chinese, East Village 1
21 Saint Marks Place between 2nd and 3rd Avenues 212/529.4805 $25 each for three, with three beers, with tip ♥ ♥ ♥ The Chipotle opened along St. Marks opened first and then the vending-machine store BAM! made headlines. When I saw the Grand Sichuan open, I only thought, Great, I don’t have to go to ...

Our Place Shanghai Tea Garden

16. October 2006 Chinese, Midtown 0
141 East 55th Street between Third and Lexington 212/753.3900 $365 for eleven, with drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ It was a challenge to organize the Dr.’s second birthday celebration with his married friends but they all showed up for brunch with their children at Our Place. (Part one was at Le Bernardin and tapas with ...

Chinese Mirch

120 Lexington Avenue corner of 28th Street 212/532.3663 $65 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ Mirch is loosely translated as spicy in Hindi and the combination of Sichuan and Cantonese cuisines happily bring out the intense flavor of Indian cooking. The positive is that the dishes are lighter than what I am used to ...

Province

17. August 2006 Chinese, West Village + TriBeCa 6
305 Church Street corner of Walker 212/925.1205 $25 for two, with two drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ Update, 2008: Province has closed Oh, mantou, where have you been all these years? Mantou, the steamed bun mainstay of northern Chinese street food stalls is finally in TriBeCa. And I hope it stays because the neighborhood could ...

Grand Sichuan International

229 Ninth Avenue at 24th Street 212/620.5200 about $60 for two, without drinks, without tip ♥ ♥ New York City has some great selection of Chinese food. Unfortunately, it doesn’t include Sichuan, the spicy kind. When I crave the flavor of numbing Sichuan peppers, I go to Grand Sichuan International in Chelsea. They have a ...