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  • Archive for September 3rd, 2007

    The closing of a Chinatown institution, May May Chinese Gourmey Bakery

    Monday, September 3rd, 2007

    I wrote a piece on the closing of May May Chinese Bakery on Pell Street in Chinatown after 42 years. It is so sad, because their food really is amazing — like discernably a cut above anything else you try; flakier, freshier, flavorfuler (is that a word? now it is).
    As I explain, May May’s closing […]