Even on a chilly Monday evening, the wait at Cho Dang Gol was more than an hour. Crowds of 20-somethings spilled out of the homey restaurant in Manhattan’s Koreatown, where steam billowed from stone bowls of soondubu jigae in a dining room ornamented with paper lanterns and musical instruments. Some hopeful customers peeked inside, anxious to see if a table had opened up. A few blocks away, diners at Hojokban — a sleeker, more modern restaurant that opened last fall — eagerly snapped photographs of a plate of fried-rice wearing an empty Shin Ramyun noodle cup like a hat. A little to the south, Atomix, a Korean fine-dining restaurant with two Michelin stars, was booked solid through the next month.

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Persons: Dang Gol, — Organizations: Michelin Locations: Manhattan’s Koreatown, Atomix, Lysée, Korean