Decoy

Chinese restaurants in Manhattan stretch from quick lunches to dinner parties with cocktails; Decoy slots itself between small plates and late-night bowls of mapo tofu on Hudson Street in the West Village.

If you’re looking for the address, it’s 529 Hudson St, New York, NY 10014—about mid-block between Christopher and West 10th, easy to miss unless you’re heading south after the subway.

Ring the restaurant, (212) 691-9700, for private dining tables tucked behind a bar that keeps cocktails and craft beer on tap into the small hours; the kitchen also serves coffee and hard liquor until last call.

Slide the map open via the directions and navigate after dark—it’s the place that stays open when most of the Village is closing up.