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Is Cafe China Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (New York, NY)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, All-Star New York, New York

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Cafe China is listed open on Yelp, reviewed by our team on September 15, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: Yelp's page for Cafe China, updated July 2026, listed more than 2,100 reviews at the 59 West 37th Street address. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

On the show's fried-food special episode, Cafe China's Szechuan cooking was highlighted among the fried dishes chosen by Food Network personalities. Cafe China is a Szechuan restaurant that, according to restaurant coverage, relocated in December 2021 from 13 East 37th Street to a larger, three-floor space a few doors away at 59 West 37th Street in Midtown Manhattan, under the same ownership. Yelp's page for the business, updated July 2026, showed more than 2,100 reviews at the West 37th Street address. Cafe China's own website returned an HTTP redirect during a September 2026 check rather than loading page content, so no additional facts were drawn from it.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, All-Star

Episode 3
Air date not confirmed
Title: Deep-Fried Decadence · What was featured: a fried Szechuan specialty highlighted on the show's fried-food special

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  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/caf%C3%A9-china-new-york-2
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Record btiea-0925 · checked by Cal Marchetti.