[Photo: Robyn Lee] The New Amsterdam Market is now convening monthly at the South Street Seaport, and there's a lot to look forward to this Sunday—namely, pigs and beer. Master butchers Josh Applestone (Fleisher's) and Tom Mylan (Marlow and...
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[Flickr: Lucius Kwok] Mad. Sq. Mark't will open in Madison Square Park this Friday, October 9, and run every day until November 1 from 11 a.m to 8 p.m. The market will feature a shopping area with local, handmade...
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'Tis the weekend for markets! The Greenpoint Food Market—a gathering of dozens of small-scale food producers, many of whom haven't sold publicly before—launches this Saturday, the 12th at the Church of the Messiah on Russell Street. Particular highlights: Cookies...
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"I wasn't eating white stuff, I was eating real fish and I knew it." Walking on the pier behind Salty's Seafood Market in Point Pleasant, it was easy to imagine that I was in the middle of an episode of...
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The Trader Joe's on Court Street in Brooklyn just extended closing time by an hour, now staying open until 10 p.m. That's a whole extra sixty minutes to shop for pita chips and soy chorizo! The Union Square branch...
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"No matter how basic—even if it’s just an apple, a cabbage, an onion, or a potato—you can be confident that it will be better here than anywhere else." If you had asked me, I would have told you that health...
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Sausage at Salumeria Biellese. Photograph by Robyn Lee From the homemade sopressata at Faicco’s Pork Store to the freshly rolled papardelle at Raffetto's, the city has a great selection of Italian markets. Robert Sietsema lists eight of the best...
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Bklyn Larder opened this week—they didn't have a really good answer on why they hate certain letters—by the owners of Franny's pizzeria down the block, Francine Stephens and her chef-husband Andrew Feinberg. It's pretty small. Just a deli with...
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Photograph from BoweryBoogie on Flickr Hong Kong Supermarket, the Chinatown landmark at the corner of Pike and East Broadway, burned down last night. Bowery Boogie has photos and video footage from the scene. Apparently the fire started in the...
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The recently shuttered Balducci's on West 66th (between Broadway and Amsterdam) will become a Gourmet Garage. Communal sigh of relief. Those artisanal cheeses will be back on the block soon enough. [via Curbed]...
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