Our Story

Little Bistro is a family restaurant, run by a family, for families.

It all starts with David, our chef and co-owner. He came to New York from Hong Kong in the 1970s and went to work in American restaurant kitchens. By 1978 he was cooking at The Terrace, a penthouse restaurant above Morningside Heights that earned two stars from The New York Times and was reviewed in the World Journal (世界日報). Some of the dishes the Times praised, like prime rib and rack of lamb, have found their way onto our menu today. After The Terrace, he opened restaurants of his own in the New York suburbs, and most recently ran Hong Kong Cafe in Flushing.

★★ The New York Times, 1978
The Terrace, where David ran the kitchen

Little Bistro is our newest chapter. The menu moves between East and West the way our own family table always has: borscht and prime rib, garlic shrimp and udon. We're not a cha chaan teng, and we're not trying to serve everything. It's a short, deliberate menu of dishes we love to cook and eat, and share with our neighbors. David still picks every ingredient himself, and he doesn’t cut corners. If it isn’t good enough for our own table, it doesn’t go on yours.

Pull up a table. Bring the kids, bring the grandparents. We'll take care of the rest.