Happy Holidays from The Century Cafe and Bakery

From our family at the Century Cafe and Bakery to your family we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a healthy and prosperous New Year in 2010 !!! We are grateful for your patronage and we are looking forward to seeing you during the holiday. Cheers everyone !!

Grand Street Fish Market

There are a bunch of good fish markets. This one is on the South side of Grand between Christie and Bowery.

Wedding Cake in the Window

Any place with a giant wedding cake in the front window HAS to be OK right? Well this place is the King and the Queen of Wedding Cakes in Chinatown. They make over 1,000 a year.

Tu Quynh Pharmacy

The Tu Quynh Pharmacy awning covers one of the best places in the world to get a Vietnamese Sandwich. I could do a hundred posts on Bahn Mi Saigon but I’ll leave that for a different day and a different place. This family owned store is on Grand Street and they used to be on Hester I think. It started as a Vietnamese Video / sandwich shop and is still is with a new and beautiful building around it now.

Mr. Trinh’s Farm Truck

I used to think this was a permanent fixture but it travels every day. They get back to Bowery super early and they keep a car there to reserve the spot. It is critical to have parking where you can unload on some of these Chinatown Streets.

Grand and Christie Vege Stand

Here is another shot of the Grand Street vegetable market between Christie and Bowery.

Grand Street Vegetable Market

This is one of the many Grand Street fresh vegetable markets. Everything looks great but it’s not like Shop Rite… you have no idea of where this stuff came from. That being said, if these customers get sick they show up with sharp objects.

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