Top 4 Places to Shop for Affordable Art & Antiques (and Grab a Bite to Eat)
A fourth-generation Brooklynite, Director of Operations Amy Bandolik has scoured the city for the best vintage goods (and bites).
Here’s her list of the Top 4 Places to Shop for Affordable Art & Antiques in and around New York —and her favorite meals to eat after the shopping causes hunger pains. Unique holiday gifts are in the bag!
1. The Antiques Garage
Chelsea
The real deal – and LOTS of it. Old, old stuff. Real paintings, clothing, comic books, historically relevant items.
Priced from $1 to $1000 and everything in between.
Dealers know their stuff – and you can always haggle.
AFTER, EAT AT: Hill Country for Texas-themed honky-tonk joint featuring brisket, pork ribs, beef shoulder, smoked sausage, shoepeg corn pudding.
2. The Brooklyn Flea
Brooklyn – Many locations
Great Old Maps and (new) handcrafted jewelry. Young crowd.
Also named “One of New York’s Essential Pick-Up Spots” according to Time Out NY
AFTER, EAT AT: Right there! Brooklyn Flea comes complete with their own food vendors. I like: Porchetta and John & Kira’s Chocolates.
3. Cold Spring, NY (58 miles from NYC)
The entire town is antiques – and food.
Genuine stuff: 25 shops filled with Art, Old signs, antique clocks, old bottles, furniture
An hour on Metro North makes an easy day trip. Or stay at the Pig Hill Inn for a night.
AFTER, EAT AT: Hudson Hil’s Cafe & Market during the daytime for delicious and fresh inventive local comfort food
4. The Market NYC
159 Bleecker Street
Greenwich Village – we walk by on our CV tour!
New stuff and some old too. Handcrafted jewelry, dresses, t-shirts, old bottles dug up in NYC.
AFTER, EAT AT: a few block away on Cornelia Street at Home, Palma or Po