Silver Apricot

Silver Apricot was a Chinese restaurant located in the West Village neighborhood of New York City.^[1]

Silver Apricot
The restaurant's exterior in 2024
Restaurant information
Established	July 2020
Closed	August 2024
Location	20 Cornelia St, New York, New York, 10014, United States
Coordinates	40°43′53″N 74°00′07″W

History

Simone Tong opened the restaurant in July 2020.^[2] The restaurant closed temporarily in early 2021.^[1] The restaurant's name was derived from a name for the gingko tree.^[3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restaurant closures, the restaurant initially served food designed to work well as takeaway.^[4] During the pandemic, the restaurant had an outdoor dining shed.^[5][6] The restaurant's kitchen was characterized by co-owner Emmeline Zhao as "tiny" at 90 square feet.^[7]

Zhao operated Figure Eight during same time she operated Silver Apricot; the two restaurants were located next to each other on Cornelia Street.^[8] 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,^[9] Cora.^[10]

Reviews and accolades

Pete Wells, the restaurant critic for The New York Times praised the restaurant for synthesizing recent New York City dining trends with Chinese cuisine.^[11] Adam Platt, writing for Grub Street, praised Silver Apricot's food, particularly the crab rangoon.^[12]

Wells included the restaurant on a list of restaurants that opened during the COVID-19 pandemic and which featured outdoor seating, published in 2021.^[13] In his description of Silver Apricot, Wells praised the relationship between the all-American wine list and the restaurant's food.^[13]