| Silver Apricot | |
|---|---|
 The restaurant's exterior in 2024 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | July 2020 |
| Closed | August 2024 |
| Street address | 20 Cornelia St |
| City | New York |
| State | New York |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 10014 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°43′53″N74°00′07″W / 40.731398°N 74.002043°W |
Silver Apricot was a Chinese restaurant located in the West Village neighborhood of New York City. [1]
Simone Tong opened the restaurant in July 2020. [2] The restaurant closed temporarily in early 2021. [3] The restaurant's name was derived from a name for the gingko tree. [4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restaurant closures, the restaurant initially served food designed to work well as takeaway. [5] During the pandemic, the restaurant had an outdoor dining shed. [6] [7] The restaurant's kitchen was characterized by co-owner Emmeline Zhao as "tiny" at 90 square feet. [8]
Zhao operated Figure Eight during same time she operated Silver Apricot; the two restaurants were located next to each other on Cornelia Street. [9] In July 2024, the restaurant's operators announced Silver Apricot would close the following month and that they would retain the space to open a new restaurant, [10] Cora. [11]
Pete Wells, the restaurant critic for The New York Times praised the restaurant for synthesizing recent New York City dining trends with Chinese cuisine. [12] Adam Platt, writing for Grub Street , praised Silver Apricot's food, particularly the crab rangoon. [13]
Wells included the restaurant on a list of restaurants that opened during the COVID-19 pandemic and which featured outdoor seating, published in 2021. [14] In his description of Silver Apricot, Wells praised the relationship between the all-American wine list and the restaurant's food. [14]
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