Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Essex Street Market
MARKET
Founded in 1940, this market is the local place for produce, seafood, butcher-cut meats,
cheeses, Latino grocery items, and even a barber's shop. Stop in Rainbo's for smoked fish
or Saxelby Cheesemongers for artisanal cheese, smoked sausages and housemade pate.
Pain d'Avignon bakes fresh breads, Boubouki whips up spinach pies and baklava, while
Roni-Sue's Chocolates spreads sweet temptations. You can also nosh on site at Shopsin's
General Store, Brooklyn Taco Company and Davidovich Bakery.
(
212-312-3603;
www.essexstreetmarket.com
;
120 Essex St, btwn Delancey & Rivington Sts;
8am-7pm Mon-Sat;
F to Delancey
St, J/M/Z to Essex St)
Local Life
St Marks Addresses
St Marks Place (
Click here
) is jam-packed with historical tidbits that would delight any trivia buff. A cast of col-
orful characters has left its mark at 4 St Marks Pl. Alexander Hamilton's son built the structure, James Fenimore
Cooper lived here in the 1830s and Yoko Ono's Fluxus artists descended upon the building in the 1960s. And
don't miss the buildings at 96 and 98 St Marks Pl, which are immortalized on the cover of Led Zepellin's
Physic-
al Graffiti
album.
