Dumpling Man

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100 St. Marks Pl., New York, NY 10009 40.727429 -73.984993
nr. First Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-505-2121 Send to Phone

Cuisine: Asian: Southeast, Chinese
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Photo by Ben Rosenzweig

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Official Website

dumplingman.com

Hours

Mon-Thu, noon-11pm; Fri-Sun, noon-12:30am

Nearby Subway Stops

6 at Astor Pl.; N, R, W at 8th St.-NYU

Prices

$3.95-$5.25

Payment Methods

Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Delivery
Kid-Friendly
Lunch
Take-Out

Alcohol

Beer and Wine Only

Reservations

Not Accepted

Delivery Area

Houston St. to 14th St., Ave. C to Broadway

Profile

Lucas Lin spent a year researching the fine art of tang-mian, the northern-Chinese technique of making dumpling dough, before opening a sleek East Village shop where he colors his wrappers with fresh vegetable juices and stuffs them with pork, chicken, tofu and vegetables or corn. The rice-vinegar-sesame-soy sauce is preferable to the house Marco Polo tomato-basil affair. But the shaved ice dessert (when in season), laboriously hand-cranked on a vintage machine and drizzled with sweet beans or peanuts and condensed milk, is a perfectly refreshing finale. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Recommended Dishes

Seared pork dumplings, $4.25; red bean snow ice, $3.25