Pope Dover,
The dim sum place I ate at, which is on Bowery just below Canal, is a few blocks south of Vandal, on the edge of Chinatown. Vandal's menu looks pretty good. Needless to say if you like dim sum for lunch you will pay a whole lot less. I have eaten great dim sum at some places in NYC, gorged myself and paid $10-$15 bucks at most including tip. Chinatown has the cheapest and some of the best restaurants in NYC. I almost always eat there when I go to NYC.
Vandal would be considered in the trendy Nolita section of NYC. NOLITA is an acronym for north of Little Italy. Which is north of Chinatown.
The San Gennaro Festival will be held in Little Italy in a few weeks. It's an amazing festival. I recommend going. But if you go you will see New York Yankees kiosk selling Yankees merchandise but no New York Mets kiosk. Reason for this is most Italians in NYC are Yankeee fans. This is due to Joe DiMaggio, the great Italian American player for the Yankees. Because their parents and grandparents rooted for DiMaggio the NYC Italians are generally Yankees fans. And you have to respect and honor this if you are in Little Italy.