









The Bao
East Village
A tiny East Village counter serving pillowy steamed buns stuffed with pork belly, fried chicken, and braised beef. The soup dumplings arrive in bamboo baskets, the bao come fast, and the room fills with steam and chatter. It's the kind of place where you order at the counter, find a stool, and make new friends over shared plates of pork belly bao and xiao long bao that burst with hot soup.
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The Bao
East VillageOpens Thursday at 11:30 AM










A tiny East Village counter serving pillowy steamed buns stuffed with pork belly, fried chicken, and braised beef. The soup dumplings arrive in bamboo baskets, the bao come fast, and the room fills with steam and chatter. It's the kind of place where you order at the counter, find a stool, and make new friends over shared plates of pork belly bao and xiao long bao that burst with hot soup.
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