Lunar New Year

Thrillist is ringing&nbsp;in the Year of the Ox with a collection of guides, profiles, and features all related&nbsp;to how Lunar New Year is celebrated in communities around the country.

Celebrating Lunar New Year: Guides, Profiles, Features & More

New York

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Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

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Last March, as Grace Young stood inside the legendary Chinatown eatery, Hop Kee, she was struck by the absence of the lively soundtrack customary to many Chinese restaurant kitchens: woks clanging, knives chopping, dishes rattling, and orders being yelled out.

Grace Young Continues to Advocate for the Chinatown Community

Nation

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Lauren Tran grew up in Seattle, where there was always an abundance of Vietnamese desserts to choose from: green honeycomb cake infused with the scent of pandan, sticky and steamed bánh da lợn made with rice flour, and spherical fried sesame balls.

Weekend Project: How to Make Xôi Gấc For Vietnamese New Year

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Although it may not be possible to celebrate Lunar New Year this year convening with friends and loved ones to feast to a happy, healthy, and prosperous year ahead, that doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy the traditional feasting part from the comfort (and safety) of your own home.

Enjoy a Proper Lunar New Year Feast With These Special Goldbelly Meal Kits

Atlanta

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Decades before Howard and Anita Hsu owned Sweet Auburn Barbecue and their brother, Ron, was the chef-owner of Lazy Betty, they were just three kids growing up in their parents’ Henry County Chinese restaurants.

For the Hsu Siblings, Lunar New Year Means Lion Dances, Long Noodles, and Even KFC

San Diego

Hidden Fish Sushi

The roughly eight square blocks that make up San Diego’s historic Chinatown bear little resemblance to the Chinatowns of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Where to Eat and Drink in San Diego’s Convoy District

Houston

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A sprawling network of individual businesses and strip malls centered along Bellaire Boulevard between Ranchester and Beltway 8, Houston’s Chinatown may not bear a resemblance to its counterparts in New York City and Los Angeles, but it was affected by COVID-19 just the same.

Try These Houston Chinatown Restaurants ASAP

Los Angeles

Sun Nong Dan

Until recently, my understanding of Seollal, or Korean Lunar New Year, was limited to the more popular Chinese Lunar New Year traditions.

6 Celebratory Korean Lunar New Year Dishes and Where to Get Them in LA

Washington DC

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Lunar New Year is celebrated by myriad cultures around the world and, for Vietnamese families, it means three things: family, tradition, and a huge feast.

Vietnamese Chefs in DC Share Their Lunar New Year Traditions

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Lunar New Year is a time for cleaning the house, lighting incense on the altar, red envelopes stuffed with crisp bills, and—most important of all—delicious food.

How Food and Drink Professionals Are Celebrating Lunar New Year This Year

Chicago

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Chicago’s Chinatown, a triangular slice of the Near South Side loosely bordered by Cermak Road, Wentworth Avenue, and a northbound-snaking branch of the Chicago river, has been fueling Grace Wong’s culinary cravings long before she cut her teeth dishing on the city’s vibrant restaurant scene for the Chicago Tribune.

A Food Expert’s Guide to Chicago’s Chinatown

Denver

There’s just something joyful about dumplings.

Where to Get the Best Dumplings in Denver

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No one celebrates Lunar New Year like the cast of Netflix’s Bling Empire—as was made clear in the show’s premiere episode, which offered a peek inside an elaborate celebration that shut down Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.

Grace Young Continues to Advocate for the Chinatown Community

Support the historic neighborhood this Lunar New Year.

Weekend Project: How to Make Xôi Gấc For Vietnamese New Year

The red hue of this sticky rice dish is said to bring good fortune.

Enjoy a Proper Lunar New Year Feast With These Special Goldbelly Meal Kits

From hand-made dumplings and pork buns, to long noodles and Peking duck dinners, these feasts are all you need to ring in the Year of the Ox with a delicious bang.

For the Hsu Siblings, Lunar New Year Means Lion Dances, Long Noodles, and Even KFC

The owners of Lazy Betty and Sweet Auburn BBQ look back on Lunar New Year family traditions.

Where to Eat and Drink in San Diego’s Convoy District

Toast to the Lunar New Year.

Try These Houston Chinatown Restaurants ASAP

Just in time for Lunar New Year.

6 Celebratory Korean Lunar New Year Dishes and Where to Get Them in LA

Seollal, a three-day lunar holiday, calls for a feast.

Vietnamese Chefs in DC Share Their Lunar New Year Traditions

And the best places around DC to try Vietnamese dishes.

How Food and Drink Professionals Are Celebrating Lunar New Year This Year

Plus all the delicious dishes they’ll be making.

A Food Expert’s Guide to Chicago’s Chinatown

Just in time for Lunar New Year.

Where to Get the Best Dumplings in Denver

The ultimate comfort food.

‘Bling Empire’ Stars Share Their Picks on Where to Celebrate Lunar New Year in LA

Ring in the Lunar New Year with some bling.