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Happy Holidays from The Century Cafe and Bakery

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:36:49 +0000

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

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:42:08 +0000

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

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:29:46 +0000

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

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:27:35 +0000

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

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:23:27 +0000

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

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:21:14 +0000

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

Grand Street Vegetable Market

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:19:41 +0000

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.

Grand Street News Stand

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:17:01 +0000

Nice graffitti on the outside of the Grand Street News Stand. This place does serious business and has all manner of Chinese print.

Grand Street Station

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:13:51 +0000

Subway blogger welcome to Chinatown. Here is the platform on the Grand Street Station. The B and the D stop here.

Looking South on Christie near the pay parking lot

admin — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:34:06 +0000

Here we are on the west side of Christie street looking south. If you look closely you can see the sign for the parking garage. It’s about 20 bucks for all day valet parking and worth every penny. Parking on the street is always a hassle – I did it for 20 years I should know.