{"id":22699,"date":"2025-10-30T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22699\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:16:08","slug":"a-new-bar-in-nycs-chinatown-serves-12-cocktails-inspired-by-chinese-operas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/22699\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Bar in NYC’s Chinatown Serves 12 Cocktails Inspired by Chinese Operas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinatown just got a new leading lady and she\u2019s dramatic in the best way. Opera House<\/a>, the sultry subterranean bar from the team behind Chinese Tuxedo<\/a>, has taken over the former Peachy\u2019s space at 5 Doyers Street, channeling the address\u2019s past life as New York\u2019s first Chinese theater. <\/p>\n

The new destination is\u00a0serving something even more intoxicating than history: a drinks menu that reads like an operatic program, with 12 cocktails inspired by iconic Chinese operas and classical literature.<\/p>\n

Step inside and it\u2019s clear this isn\u2019t your average speakeasy with a theme. The 80-seat space glows in amber light, anchored by a bar aptly dubbed The Stage and backed by a hand-painted opera mural. Plush booths, moon-shaped sliding doors, gold accents and exposed beams complete the \u201chidden jewel box under Doyers\u201d vibe. It\u2019s dramatic without being theatrical-for-Instagram and that\u2019s kind of the point.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy of Chinese Opera <\/p>\n

Beverage director Beau Bradley pulls from Chinese herbs, teas and pantry ingredients in playful (and occasionally wild) ways. Think salted-egg-and-chestnut syrup in a flip, sesame and black bean in spritzes and Sichuan peppercorn in a martini that hums like opening-night nerves. The White Snake Legend leans botanical and savory, landing with a \u201cgently numbing, peppery sensation from the Sichuan peppercorn,\u201d while Dream of the Red Chamber goes spirit-forward with five-spice duck fat-washed bourbon and pu-erh-tea Campari. Tale of the Moon even arrives crowned with a custom mooncake from Brooklyn bakery Kitsby<\/a> because dessert-tini culture deserves an elegant reboot.<\/p>\n

Guests sipping along the operatic arc can nibble on complimentary mala-spiced chickpeas and lotus chips or order dim sum from upstairs, including teacup scallop and shrimp wontons and braised black pepper oxtail buns. You can go light and floral (Flower Princess), bold and smoky (Drunken Beauty) or dive head-first into the funky-savory-sweet world of Butterfly Lovers, which promises a balance of sweet, sour and savory.<\/p>\n

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\nPhotograph: Courtesy of Chinese Opera <\/p>\n

The concept isn’t just decorative nostalgia: the program celebrates the history of the original Chinese Opera House on Doyers Street, reframing a slice of Chinatown heritage with downtown swagger. It feels like a Chinatown time capsule, dusted with citrus, baijiu and sesame.<\/p>\n

Opera House is open daily from 6pm to 2am. Reservations are on Resy<\/a>, but walk-ins are welcome if you\u2019re willing to brave a dramatic entrance. After all, what\u2019s an opera without a little suspense?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinatown just got a new leading lady and she\u2019s dramatic in the best way. Opera House, the sultry…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[2590,9,24,13928,63,821,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-22699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-categories-restaurants","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news-drinking","tag-nyc","tag-restaurants","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}