Lao Sze Chuan (Chinatown)

Lao Sze Chuan 老四川

A numbing Sichuan staple in Chinatown

Budget

$20-30 per person

Address

2172 S Archer Ave, Chinatown

A Sichuan restaurant on Archer Avenue in Chinatown, where most of the menu carries the numbing heat of mala. Dry chili chicken, mapo tofu, Sichuan eggplant and Chengdu dumplings come up most in reviews. It is a sharing-style room that fills up on Friday and Saturday nights.