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We had dinner in Chinatown.
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At the time of publishing, the hotel has added a new cocktail bar, The Lei Stand, a reference to Honolulu's Chinatown lei shops.
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Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
Nevertheless, when Cheng sourced supplies for the ritual in Manhattan’s Chinatown, some shopowners derided it as old-fashioned.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 22 May 2025
Since 2023, the project’s volunteers have spent hundreds of hours planting milkweed and native pollinating plants and taken other steps to help Los Angeles State Historic Park near Chinatown be a place where monarchs can reproduce and thrive.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
The positive vibes in the packed council chamber echoed those during a swearing-in earlier Tuesday of Charlene Wang, the newest councilmember in the city’s District 2, which spans Jack London Square, Chinatown, Eastlake, San Antonio and neighborhoods around Lake Merritt.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
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Jalyn Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2025
Nevertheless, when Cheng sourced supplies for the ritual in Manhattan’s Chinatown, some shopowners derided it as old-fashioned.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 22 May 2025
Since 2023, the project’s volunteers have spent hundreds of hours planting milkweed and native pollinating plants and taken other steps to help Los Angeles State Historic Park near Chinatown be a place where monarchs can reproduce and thrive.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
The positive vibes in the packed council chamber echoed those during a swearing-in earlier Tuesday of Charlene Wang, the newest councilmember in the city’s District 2, which spans Jack London Square, Chinatown, Eastlake, San Antonio and neighborhoods around Lake Merritt.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
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“Chinatown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chinatown. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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Chinatown
noun
Chi·na·town
ˈchī-nə-ˌtau̇n 
: an area of a city where many people of Chinese ancestry live
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