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This is the oldest still-operating pharmacy in the United States (the store’s logo includes the quaint self-description ‘apothecaries’) and yet it’s not run as a museum piece or even all that conscious of its own history. First opened in 1838, when surrounding Greenwich Village still... more

This is why book lovers move to New York. Though not New York's most complete (Labyrinth Books) or its most elegant (the Argosy Bookshop), the Strand is a literary experience nonpareil, something like discovering a pre-publication copy of your favorite book, on sale for a buck or two, while... more

Arguments over bagels erupt whenever New Yorkers get tired of talking about pizza, but H&H is the consensus choice as the premier purveyor of the New York communion. You can smell the bagels baking from several blocks away--but don't come in looking for a quick fix. They don't make sandwiches... more

Once the site of a bustling open-air hawkers market, the Essex Street Market (between Delancey and Rivington) was incorporated by legendary New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in 1930s to clean the streets of pushcarts, and the market fare still reflects the incredible diversity of the neighborhood's... more

Economy Candy is a wonderland for the young and the young-at-heart, not as magical as the Wonka factory, but nearly as comprehensive. A penny-candy emporium where children of the Lower East Side have flocked since 1937, Economy Candy is now a wholesale distributor of dried fruits, nuts, as well as... more

A recent, gourmet addition to an otherwise traditional (if anomalous) strip mall offering decidedly lowbrow fare, the Doughnut Plant promises the best doughnuts in New York City--and certainly delivers the richest, thickest, chewiest, and heaviest deserts on Grand Street. The doughnuts aren't... more