food shops

It may look like an ultra-modern museum but Bisous Ciao is really a bakery selling macarons and nothing but macarons. 101 Stanton, near Ludlow (212) 260-3463 Hours: Tues - Thurs: 12:00 pm - 8:30 pm; Fri - Sat: 12:00 pm -...

The Lower East Side Girls Club's "girl's made and fair trade" social venture bakery, offering cupcakes, cookies, brownies and granola. 120 Essex Street, near Delancey 212-982-1633, ext. 108 Hours Tuesday-Saturday 10am-6pm Web site

The high-end store in the Essex Street Market offers an interesting selection of cheeses, oils and other specialty food items. 120 Essex Street, near Delancey 212-982-8200 Hours: 10am-7pm Web site

Homemade spinach pie, baklava and other Greek specialties are offered at this tiny stall in the Essex Street market. 120 Essex Street, near Delancey 718.344.4202 Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10am-6pm Web site

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...

New Star Fish Market offers a 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 family-owned business emphasizes friendly customer service....

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...

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 Web site

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...

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...