The newly opened
New York Mart on Mott Street is like the Eataly of Chinatown. Okay, maybe that's a
slight exaggeration. But it's a crazily impressive food destination. Inside this mega-supermarket, there's a huge array of Chinese and Asian goods, along with American products—along with butchers and fish and live frogs, a bakery and steam tables and a rotisserie, a huge produce selection and a bigger frozen section.
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The Butcher Block in Sunnyside, right off the 7 train, is equal parts Queens grocery store and British-Irish importer—and it's full of all sorts of Irish foods for your St. Paddy's Day needs. Take a walk through in the slideshow...
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[Photo: Carey Jones] "Duane Reade opens new Chelsea store location featuring expanded fresh food and grocery offerings!" trumpeted the press release. "It features a greater emphasis on fresh foods, locally-sourced grocery items and on-the-go coffees and meals designed to...
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"Beautiful bellies, bones for soup, ears and intestines, you name it, it's there." Back in July I wrote: "Right now... I believe The Great Wall is the best Chinese supermarket in the state, but rival chain Asian Food Center is...
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Editor's note: It's time for another dispatch from Serious Eats community member BaHa, aka Barbara Hanson, who checks in now and again about the various one-of-a-kind food stores and markets in New York. Before I reached the top step of...
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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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While I was very excited about last week's piece on 99¢ curries—and cheap food is always at least a bit exciting—I fear that it failed to mention enough about the place where I bought those curries in the first...
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My 2009 Resolutions: 1. Refrain from, when in an unfamiliar neighborhood outside Manhattan, calling husband and saying, "We could live here. Totally. I love it!" 2. To consider not only my own health but that of Serious Eaters, and...
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When I saw the new Chung Fat Supermarket I could hardly believe my eyes. The sprawling grocery that just opened on Main Street in Flushing takes up more than three storefronts. Since I was unable to find someone to...
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The Beijing Olympics isn't the only event banking on a lucky start date of 8/8/08. The new Hong Kong Supermarket in Manhattan's Chinatown opens today.
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