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Chinatown
Boston
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Six dense blocks squeezed by the Pike and the Theater District. Late-night dim sum, neon noodle shops, bubble tea, and the ornate paifang gate at Beach Street.
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What to do
- •Late-night Peking ravioli at Gourmet Dumpling
- •Cart dim sum at Hei La Moon
- •Bubble tea crawl on Harrison
- •Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns (Sept)
- •Q Restaurant hot pot
Events
- •Lunar New Year Parade & Lion Dance (Jan/Feb)
- •Mid-Autumn Festival (Sept)
- •August Moon Festival
Fun facts
- ✦Boston's Chinatown is the only one in New England.
- ✦The paifang was a 1982 gift from Taipei.
- ✦Lost half its land in the 1950s to the Pike — locals still call it 'the cut.'
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