A Midtown Sichuan Restaurant Styled Like 1930s Shanghai
Eat numbing mapo tofu in a Midtown Sichuan restaurant styled after 1930s Shanghai, with private alcoves upstairs.
🌶️ Mapo Tofu and Smoked Duck
Mapo tofu arrives with numbing heat at Café China, the Midtown Sichuan restaurant at 59 W 37th St. Vegetarians get real range here, from Tofu Ribbons in Scallion Oil to Eggplants in Garlic Sauce, and the Tea Smoked Duck comes with whole wheat buns for folding at the table.
Classic cocktails and a multistory room styled after 1930s Shanghai set the mood. Upstairs dining stays intimate, private back alcoves tuck away a small group, and the Breeze, Flower, and Snow Rooms handle a proper celebration. For a private event, wine corkage runs 40 dollars a bottle and cakeage 30 dollars a cake.
Doors open daily at half past eleven AM. Closing lands at 10 PM Sunday through Wednesday and half past ten PM Thursday through Saturday, with last seating at half past nine PM on the earlier nights.
