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Astor Wines & Spirits
The city's serious-but-democratic wine shop since 1946, housed in the landmark De Vinne Press Building. Deep sake and low-intervention sections, and staff who ask what you're eating, not what you'll spend.
Order: Tell a floor clerk your dinner and a $20 cap — they will beat whatever you would have picked; check the always-on sale wall first.
verified open Aug 2026 (official site + Yelp Aug 2026) — Sun hours short: 12-6pm
399 Lafayette St (at E 4th St), NoHo · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Murray's Cheese
New York's flagship cheese shop since 1940, with its own aging caves under Bleecker Street. The mongers will let you taste through the counter before you commit.
Order: Cave-aged Annelies or Greensward, plus a hunk of their fresh mozzarella; ask the monger to build you a $25 picnic board.
verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp official page Aug 2026) — open daily 9am-8pm
254 Bleecker St (at Leroy St), Greenwich Village · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Schaller & Weber
The last great German butcher of old Yorkville, on the same Second Avenue corner since 1937 — house-cured bacon, dozens of wursts, and a serious charcuterie case.
Order: Double-smoked bacon and a mixed bag of bratwurst and weisswurst; the Schaller & Weber sausage window next door (Schaller's Stube) handles lunch.
verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp official page Aug 2026) — open daily
1654 2nd Ave (at E 86th St), Yorkville · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Esposito Meat Market
Old-school family butcher on Ninth Avenue since 1932 — sawdust-floor energy, whole animals broken down in back, and game you will not find at a supermarket.
Order: House-made sweet fennel sausage; call ahead if you want rabbit, quail, or a crown roast.
verified open Aug 2026 (official site + directory listings) — closed Sundays
500 9th Ave (at W 38th St), Hell's Kitchen · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Sea Breeze Fish Market
Third-generation fish market on Ninth Avenue with restaurant-supplier prices for retail customers — whole fish on ice out front, hundreds of species through the week.
Order: Whatever whole fish is cheapest and brightest-eyed that morning — they will clean and fillet it free; shrimp prices routinely beat every supermarket in Manhattan.
verified open Aug 2026 (official site + Yelp July 2026) — closed Sundays
541 9th Ave (at W 40th St), Hell's Kitchen · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Di Palo's Fine Foods
The last great Italian latteria of old Little Italy, same family on the corner of Grand and Mott since 1910. The line moves slowly because they talk to every customer — that is the point.
Order: Fresh mozzarella made that morning and a wedge of Parmigiano cut off the wheel; let Lou or Sal pick your prosciutto.
verified open Aug 2026 (Yelp updated Aug 2026) — take a number, expect a wait on weekends
200 Grand St (at Mott St), Little Italy · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07
Zabar's
Upper West Side institution since 1934 — smoked fish counter, cheese cave, and the best coffee-and-housewares chaos in the city. Open 365 days a year.
Order: Nova sliced to order at the fish counter and a chocolate babka; coffee from the 80th Street cafe window while you wait.
verified open Aug 2026 (official site + Yelp) — open 365 days, Mon-Sat 8am-7:30pm, Sun 9am-6pm
2245 Broadway (at W 80th St), Upper West Side · map
added 2026-08-07 · verified 2026-08-07