Westside Market is an excellent, and not terribly expensive gourmet market on 7th Avenue between 14th & 15th streets. Their selection of cold drinks is truly refreshing. They have fresh produce and fruits. Their hot food has variety, with their oriental chicken salad a favorite of mine. Also, they have very friendly staff who create quite an assortment of sandwiches to your specifications. One drawback is that the cashier staff can be sullen and uncommunicative. They make salads with all the fixins at the front of the store, and their sushi bar (not for eating in) is also well stocked with two guys making it before your eyes. They have a selection of 6 hot soups each day. They also sell the usual gourmet foods and seem less expensive than Balduccis, for example.
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