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The Best Shopping

  • Best Store: Saks Fifth Avenue. For versatility, Saks has it all—without being overwhelming like other big stores. And don’t miss those legendary holiday window displays.

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  • Best Clothes Store: Barneys. This store is the pinnacle of big-ticket fashion, with twice-yearly warehouse sales.

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  • Best Bargain Store: Century 21. Come early on weekdays to avoid the crowds at this wild designer-markdown emporium.

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  • Best Vintage Store: Beacon’s Closet. Its two Brooklyn shops stock some of the best, most affordable clothing in town.

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  • Best Shopping Zone: SoHo, NoHo, and Nolita. Three neighborhoods together create the best single area for roaming and shopping among the newest, trendiest boutiques.

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  • Best Bookstore: Bluestockings. This “radical bookstore, fair-trade cafe, and activist center” on the Lower East Side packs a full arsenal of literature and events into its Allen Street storefront.

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  • Best Old-World Italian Food Store: DiPalo’s Dairy. This 1910-originated store is one of the last vestiges New York’s Little Italy—just ask lifelong owner Louie DiPalo.

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  • Best Music Store: Other Music. It’s tough to find a good album these days, much less a good record store. Thank heaven for Other Music.

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  • Best Old-World Jewish Food Store: Russ & Daughters. This smoked-fish purveyor has been a mainstay on the Lower East Side since 1914 (or 1908, if you count its push-cart days). Like DiPalo’s above, the Russ family has been in charge since the beginning.


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