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Nom Wah Tea Parlor
Restaurant information
Established	1920 (1920)
Owner(s)	Wilson Tang
Food type	Dim sum
Street address	13 Doyers St
City	New York
State	NY
Postal/ZIP Code	10013
Coordinates	40°42′52″N 73°59′53″W / 40.71449°N 73.99819°W / 40.71449; -73.99819
Website	https://nomwah.com/

Nom Wah Tea Parlor (Chinese: 南華茶室; Cantonese Yale: Nàahm Wàh Chàhsāt; lit. 'South China Tea House'), opened in 1920, is the oldest continuously running restaurant in the Chinatown of Manhattan in New York City. The restaurant serves Hong Kong style dim-sum and is currently located at 13 Doyers Street in Manhattan.

History

The restaurant first opened in Manhattan, Chinatown at 15 Doyers Street and moved to 13 Doyers in 1968. The original owners of Nom Wah are unknown. Starting in the 1940s Nom Wah was operated by Ed and May Choy who primarily ran the business as a bakery. In 1950 the Choy's 16-year old nephew, Wally Tang, immigrated to New York and began working at the bakery. In 1976, Wally Tang purchased the restaurant. In 2010 the restaurant was purchased by Wilson Tang, a former investment banker and Wally Tang's nephew. Wilson Tang transitioned the restaurant from a traditional dim sum restaurant utilizing metal carts to a made-to-order style with a menu.

The restaurant was featured as a location of a scene in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

In 2015 the Met Gala pre-party was held at the restaurant.

In 2017, the baogel, a hybrid between a bagel and a cha siu bao was created at Nom Wah Tea Parlor.

Nom Wah also has locations in Philadelphia, Shenzhen, China and Nolita.

In October 2020, Wilson Tang published 'The Nom Wah Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from 100 Years at New York City's Iconic Dim Sum Restaurant'.

See also

• List of Chinese restaurants

References

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2. 莊布忠(CH’NG Poh Tiong) (2019). 100 Top Chinese Restaurants of the World. THE WINE REVIEW. p. 201. ISBN 9789811407277.
3. ^ Mishan, Ligaya (2011-04-12). "Nom Wah Tea Parlor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
4. Brienza, Laura, 1988- (September 2016). New York's historic restaurants, inns & taverns : storied establishments from the City to the Hudson Valley. Guilford, CT. ISBN 978-1-4930-2435-3. OCLC 948670590.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. Goldfield, Hannah (2020-03-20). "The Oldest Restaurant in Manhattan's Chinatown Faces the Coronavirus Shutdown". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
6. Solomon, Serena (2013-02-26). "'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Set to Film at Chinatown's Nom Wah Tea Parlor". dnainfo. Archived from the original on 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
7. "Ringing In the Met Gala in Cinematic Fashion". Vogue. 3 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
8. Morgan, Richard (2017-10-31). "Two NYC restaurants have combined bao and bagels to make a glorious new sandwich". Time Out New York. Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
9. "Nom Wah Tea Parlor". Pace Magazine. Fall 2019. p. 25. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Issuu.
10. Fabricant, Florence (2020-11-16). "A Cookbook From the Heart of Manhattan's Chinatown". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.

External links

• Official website

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