America's Best New Restaurant Is This Chinatown Wine Bar

Podcast: Shut Up 'n Eat · Shut Up 'n Eat

Opublikowano: 2026-07-06

Lei is an exquisite little wine bar smack in the heart of Manhattan's classic Chinatown. The flavors are Chinese, with exceptional clarity and creativity — Lei's celtuce salad is already an icon — and the wine list ranges from the Loire Valley and Burgundy to Eastern Europe, Lebanon, Mexico, Japan, and, of course, China. When Shut Up 'n Eat hosts Cathy and Matt ate (and drank) there, they had no idea it was about to win the 2026 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in America, putting it alongside legends like Craft, Per Se, and Nobu. It's an h...