Xi'an Famous Foods

Owner Jason Wang developed fond memories of the East Village while in high school, exploring the eccentric neighborhood every Friday night with studio art classmates. Naturally, it was the first location he thought of when planning a second Manhattan location, opening this tiny storefront July 3, 2010. The store, which serves all Xi'an Famous Foods specialties, has 13 seats — and they go fast. Xi’an Famous Foods began as a 200 square foot basement stall in the Golden Shopping Mall in Flushing, N.Y. The original location, established in late 2005, was the first restaurant to bring the little-known cuisine of Xi’an to the United States, with signature hand-ripped noodles, secret spice mixes, and Xi’an “burgers” with housemade flatbread. Since then, we’ve expanded to three locations in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn. As a family-owned business, we hope to reintroduce the world to the unique cuisine of our hometown: liangpi “cold skin” noodles, lamb pao mo soup, and wide hand-pulled “biang biang” noodles, all in its most authentic form.