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 This bakery, juice bar and fish market in the Essex Street Market offers some of everything. The $4 fish sandwiches are tasty and a great deal. There are a few tables right across from the bakery, if you wish to consume your purchases on the spot.
120 Essex Street, near Delancey
212-982-8585
Hours: 8am-6pm, closed Mondays
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 New Star Fish Market offers a fairly good selection of seafood at reasonable prices. The selection is not as wide as you might expect a few blocks to the west in Chinatown, but the quality is usually decent. Shrimp, clams and mussels are usually a good bet. There’s whole fish available but they are not always so fresh.
120 Essex Street, near Delancey
212-475-8365
Hours: 8am-6pm
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 Luis Rodriguez sells a wide variety of meats in his butcher shop at the Essex Street Market, including inexpensive everyday cuts of beef, pork and poultry as well as more unusual offerings such as rabbit, goat and oxtail.
120 Essex Street
212-673-8380
Hours 8am-6pm
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 Jeffrey Ruhalter’s great-grandfather was a Lower East Side butcher. Today, he carries on the tradition in the Essex Street Market, catering to both the “old” and the “new” neighborhood. Jeffrey has some of the prices you’ll find anywhere in Manhattan. If he hasn’t got what you’re looking for — he’ll special order it.
120 Essex Street, near Delancey
212-475-6521
Hours 8am-6pm
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 Established in 1982, this small Hester Street candy shop feels like the old Lower East Side. Their motto: “anything can be dipped in chocolate.”
63 Hester, at Ludlow
212-598-0092
Hours: Mon-Fri, 10am-6:30pm; Sat-Sun, 11am-6pm
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 At the Streit’s Matzo factory on Rivington Street, a small retail store offers a full line of products, including matzo, matzo ball soup mix, gefilte fish, etc. As an extra bonus, you can catch a glimpse of the matzo bakers next door.
148-154 Rivington, at Suffolk
212-475-7000
Hours Mon-Thu, 9am-4:30pm; Fri-Sun, closed
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 Anne Saxelby’s tiny stall at the Essex Street Market celebrates cheese and other dairy products from the region. Always ready with a suggestion for every taste an occasion, she also stocks eggs, milk, a line of handmade tortillas and freshly baked bread. Also, Saxelby and company will be happy to make you a cheese sandwich on the spot.
120 Essex Street
212-228-8204
Hours 9am-7pm
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 Perhaps the Lower East Side’s most revered food institution, appetizing store Russ & Daughters has been in business since 1914. Today a new generation of the Russ family sells a wide variety of smoked salmon, sturgeon, herring, sable, etc. There’s also an extensive caviar selection, dried fruits and nuts and coffees. The artisans behind the counter will probably give you a little taste of lox as they’re carving away.
179 East Houston, near Orchard
212-475-4880
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-8pm; Saturday 9am-7pm; Sunday 8am-53opm; Free delivery 9am-4pm
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 Chocolate covered bacon! Need we say more? Roni Sue Kave creates a wide range of interesting chocolate-based morsels in her shop at the Essex Street Market.
120 Essex Street, near Delancey
212-260-0421
Hours 11am-7pm
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 Mark Bello says he can teach anyone how to make perfect pizzas at home, from scratch. Individuals can attend regularly scheduled pizza workshops or you can book a private event for a group (of up to 16 people). The Grand Street shop also stocks a full line of pizza making tools and accessories.
371 Grand Street, near Norfolk
212-209-3370
Weekly workshops: Thursdays: 6:30pm to 10:30pm; Saturdays: 12:00 pm to 4:00pm; Sundays: 12:00 pm to 4:00pm. Store hours: Wednesday-Sunday noon-5pm.
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 The only kosher pickle store in the former “pickle district,” Alan Kaufman’s small shop has it all: new pickles, sour, half sour — plus picked tomatoes, olives, peppers, mushrooms, etc. You can pick up a snack to much on your way down Essex Street or order a variety of platters for large gatherings.
49 Essex, near Grand
212-656-9739
Hours Sun-Thu, 9am-6pm; Fri, 9am-4pm; Sat, closed
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 Kossar’s is the oldest bialy bakery in this country — in business since 1934. Closed for Shabbas, the shop opens after sunset on Saturdays to catch up — and keeps the ovens running late into the night. No charge for the surely service.
367 Grand, near Essex
212-473-4810
Hours Sun-Thu, 6am-8pm; Fri, 6am-3pm; Sat. closed until after sunset
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 Since 1937, Economy Candy has been delighting kids and adults alike. Simply put, it’s the best candy store in all of New York. Walking down the aisles in this place is like reliving your childhood.
108 Rivington, near Essex
212-254-1531
Hours Sun-Fri, 9am-6pm; Sat, 10am-5pm
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 The crunchy, laid back health food store and cafe is a refuge from the chaos that often pervades Ludlow Street. Extra bonus: there’s wi-fi.
177 Ludlow, near Houston
212-475-4180
Hours Daily 8am-11pm
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Delivery, wi-fi
 The tea-centric cafe opened by Moby and Kelly Tisdale in 2001 is back in business after a devastating fire. The vegetarian and vegan menu includes breakfast items, soups, salads and sandwiches. A traditional afternoon tea is served all day long for $22.
90 Rivington, near Orchard
212-475-9190
Open Mon-Thu, 10am-midnight; Fri, 10am-1am; Sat, 8am-1am; Sun, 8am-midnight
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