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Bonsignour
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Specialty Food Stores
35 Jane St
New York,
New York 10014
(212) 229-9700
This place is great. The coffee is excellent, the food is delish, and the staff is super friendly....
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This place is great. The coffee is excellent, the food is delish, and the staff is super friendly. It's nice to find a coffee shop-sort that has a lot of food, and food that is actually good (unlike Starbucks). Especially good is the 3 salad combo that comes with bread. Only down side is that it is a little small and during lunch time can get a little crowded and pushy inside, but it's still worth it.
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Takashimaya New York
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Specialty Food Stores
693 5th Ave
New York,
New York 10022
(212) 350-0179
Takashimaya is one of my wife Amy's favorite places in NY to shop. As a bonus, they have a great...
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Takashimaya is one of my wife Amy's favorite places in NY to shop. As a bonus, they have a great traditional Japanese tea house in the basement. The selection of teas is fantastic and extensive - if you are a green tea lover (like me) you can really go to town. The food is relatively inexpensive and very good. If you need a mid-afternoon snack or are a guy-non-shopper and want a diversion while your SO shops, it's a great place to plant with a book.
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Katagiri & Co Inc
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Specialty Food Stores
224 E 59th St Frnt
New York,
New York 10022
(212) 755-3566
Katagiri is a gem. It is a Japanese grocery store, carrying just about every Japanese food item...
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Katagiri is a gem. It is a Japanese grocery store, carrying just about every Japanese food item you can think of, and many that you've never heard of. Don't be intimdated by the Japanese packaging (most of is imported from Japan)...just about every product has label in English that explains what it is and it's nutritional values. Fish days are Monday and Thursday, so go on those days for the freshest fish. They also sell delicious sushi and snacks if you want to pick up a quick nosh instead of fixing it yourself. The staff is helpful but will also let you walk the aisles for as long as you like. The Q32 bus stops right in front, or it's just a couple blocks up from the Lexington Avenue Subway stop.
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Murray's Cheese
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Specialty Food Stores
89 E 42nd St Lowr
New York,
New York 10017
(212) 922-1540
Whether you are in Grand Central for your commute or live on the northern half of Manhattan and...
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Whether you are in Grand Central for your commute or live on the northern half of Manhattan and don't feel like trekking down to Bleecker Street, Murray's is a must-stop-shop in the food hall on the Lexington Avenue side of GCT. The staff is helpful and there is a wide variety (granted, not as big as the main shop on Bleecker, but it will probably serve your need) of cheeses to try. In addition, Murray's stocks nuts, yogurt, dried fruits, preserves and other good accompaniments to the cheese.
If you are not sure what you want, ask for a taste. Again, the staff is very helpful. If you ask for 4 ounces, you get 4. They don't push you, which is refreshing.
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Orwasher's is another old New York business. The family-owned bread bakery has been at the same...
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Orwasher's is another old New York business. The family-owned bread bakery has been at the same Upper East Side location since 1916. While it no longer has sawdust on the floors (as it did in my own childhood) the bread is as fantastic today as it's always been. Because everything is baked fresh daily, it's best to get your bread in the morning, to asure the best quality and the softest rolls. I particularly recommend the onion pockets (in regular and jumbo size) and the raisin cinnamon bread. Wonderfully, their website provides photos and ingredients lists for all of their products. Not listed on teh site is their small selection of dessert items, that usually includes kosher choices as well.
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Myers of Keswick
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Specialty Food Stores
634 Hudson St Frnt
New York,
New York 10014
(212) 691-4194
This store is a perfect snippet of Englishness, I love it. Has some freshly made food to take...
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This store is a perfect snippet of Englishness, I love it. Has some freshly made food to take home and heat up (shepherd's pie, etc) as well as lo...
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This is a lovely place to go for semi-casual, semi-fancy meal with really good kosher food (or...
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This is a lovely place to go for semi-casual, semi-fancy meal with really good kosher food (or just good food in general - regardless of whether or not you're kosher!). I had the salmon and thought it was fantastic; I also enjoyed the appetizer, wine and desert - all around a very good meal! It's a bit expensive, but you can try to find a coupon on restaurant.com to make it cheaper.
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Schaller & Weber Pork
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Specialty Food Stores
1654 2nd Ave Frnt
New York,
New York 10028
(212) 879-3047
Schaller & Weber is an excellent speciality food store on the Upper East Side. In addition to...
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Schaller & Weber is an excellent speciality food store on the Upper East Side. In addition to excellent pork products (generally German/Austrian sausages, not Italian, and good cuts of ham) they carry a wide range of European grocery products, and with the recent demise of Elk Candy Co. are the best source in Manhattan for marizpan pigs for New Year's Eve.
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Kelley & Ping
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Specialty Food Stores
127 Greene St Frnt
New York,
New York 10012
(212) 228-1212
Kelly & Ping never disappoints me with their authentic dishes. The interior is decorated with...
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Kelly & Ping never disappoints me with their authentic dishes. The interior is decorated with south Asian everyday items, and it has a very high ceiling with big fans with make you feel like you are actually in Taipei or in Bangkok street. The orders come out really fast and you can see the cooks cooking the food in front of you. Its a little pricey compare to the other Thai/Vietnamese places. This is my favorite noodle place in Soho.
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Grace's Mkt Place
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Specialty Food Stores
1237 3rd Ave
New York,
New York 10021
(212) 737-0600
Grace's Market has a comprehensive mix of gourmet food, a little more so than my personal...
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Grace's Market has a comprehensive mix of gourmet food, a little more so than my personal neighborhood favorite, Agata & Valentina. They have a good variety in their fruits and vegetables department, and win points with me for seeming to always have pomelos (a cousin of the grapefruit) in stock. In addition, they try to cover all other areas of what you expect out of a gourmet store - cheeses, bakery, meats, seafood, and prepared foods are all there.
They also gets point for having that one or two unique product in each department, so the shopping experience here doesn't feel redundant compared to other neighborhood grocery shops.
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