Lunar New Year Restaurant Promotion

Many NYC Chinatown restaurants are participating in a special holiday promotion offering three-course Prix Fixe dinners for $18.88, and lunches for $8.88 per person, plus tax and gratuities.

Click here for a list of participating restaurants or call 212-764-6331 for more information.

Chinese New Year Dinner

Begin the year of the Monkey with an auspicious feast!

Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally start on the eve of the new moon and end with the full moon fifteen days later. The first day of the lunar year of the Monkey falls on January 22, 2004, but look for festivities to start in Chinatown as early as Saturday, January 17.

Since the Chinese believe that what you eat in the New Year will improve your good fortune for the year to come, custom calls for certain auspicious foods to be served over this two week period. Many Chinese restaurants in the city will be serving special dishes and banquet menus, which may include:

a whole fish to represent togetherness and abundance
chicken for prosperity
dumplings which represent fortune and wealth
dried bean curd for wealth and happiness
full length noodles to represent long life

Traditions differ from region to region but any special menu you choose will be rich in symbolism and meaning. So improve your stakes for the upcoming year by eating well, and gather your friends and family together for a traditional Chinese New Year meal!

New York City's Chinatown bursts into celebration over Chinese New Year with festivities kicking off on January 17th and continuing through February 8th. Attractions include traditional lion dances, acrobatic shows, music, dancing and of course the vibrant and colorful Lunar New Year parade on January 25th, the first Sunday of the New Year of the Monkey.

The three hour parade begins at Mott and Bayard Streets and winds its way through all the major streets of Chinatown, including Mott, Mulberry, Allen, Madison and Canal Streets, East Broadway and The Bowery.

Time 1-4 pm, Sunday, January 25, 2004
Place Canal Street South
Parade Route Mulberry Street (at Columbus Park) ---> Canal St.---> Mott St.---> Chatham Sq.---->East Broadway--->Market St.--->Division St.---> Bowery---> Canal St. --->Mulberry St.