Joe's Shanghai Restaurant

Chinese | Chinatown

Food22 Decor10 Service14 Cost$27

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You may be "elbow to elbow with strangers" at these "popular" Shanghainese "standbys", but "who cares" when you're slurping "to-die-for" soup dumplings; "brusque" treatment and "no atmosphere" come with "bargain" prices that allow you to "eat till you burst."

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