Her fashion sense will never go out of style — especially at this Manhattan store. A SoHo vintage shop went viral this week for revealing that Carolyn Bessette Kennedy shopped there in the ’90s — and it was the fashion icon’s go-to for her signature Levi’s jeans. What Goes Around Comes Around’s West Broadway location … Read more
Her fashion sense will never go out of style — especially at this Manhattan store. A SoHo vintage shop went viral this week for revealing that Carolyn Bessette Kennedy shopped there in the ’90s — and it was the fashion icon’s go-to for her signature Levi’s jeans. What Goes Around Comes Around’s West Broadway location … Read more
At 3 p.m. on a weekday inside Bushwick’s trendy Dayglow cafe, barista Joshua Thierry bends over a coupe glass on the bar like he’s defusing a bomb. The object of his very close attention is the Twin Peaks, one of the shop’s popular coffee cocktails — a cherry-crowned, crystal-clear “milk punch” that looks exactly like … Read more
That’s just the way the cookie crumbles. People travel to NYC for many different reasons. Jordan White, 34, came all the way from Michigan with her husband — to spend their honeymoon eating cookies. She got in line at Red Gate, the East Village hot spot bakery known for supposedly having the best chocolate chip … Read more
It’s love at first slice. October is National Pizza Month, and DoorDash is celebrating by dropping its first-ever list of America’s 50 Most Popular Local Pizzerias. After analyzing thousands of customer ratings and reviews from January through September 2025, the food delivery company was able to gather the best spots from five iconic pizza states: … Read more
It was a real Kwik takeover. Wawa is no longer the king of America’s convenience store scene. Kwik Trip dethroned the Pennsylvania mart to take the top spot, per a recent survey by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) Convenience Store Study 2025. The ACSI noted that while, like other spots, the Midwestern-owned convenience and gas … Read more
According to Tamar Arslanian, co-author of “Shop Cats of New York” (Running Press, out now), her collaborator, Andrew Marttila, is something of a cat whisperer. “He always knows what treats to crinkle to get their attention or what one toy to use to get them to look at him,” said Arslanian, who lent her words … Read more
Shop ’til you swap. When Shannon Hughes saw the piles of discarded dorm-room furnishings that her fellow New School students ditched at the end of every school year, she always felt there had to be a better way to keep the scads of unwanted shower caddies, hangers, laundry baskets and lamps out of university dumpsters. … Read more
In the battle between flip-flops and formality, this French beach town has drawn its line in the sand. In the coastal town of Les Sables-d’Olonne, the sight of bikini babes and shirtless men wandering from the beach to the bakery may soon become a thing of the past. Beach-goers will now be fined for walking … Read more
Bigger and better — it’s the only ways to describe the Palm Beach International Boat Show, which once again returns to Flagler Drive in the heart of West Palm Beach. Kicking off today and running until the 23rd, this year there is more show than ever. There’s more time (that’s five full days instead of … Read more
No need to chase the jingle – Mister Softee is now stationary. The iconic ice cream man has parked in Long Island, putting down roots with its first-ever brick-and-mortar shop earlier this month – in a move that was mint to be, according to its franchise owner. “People love Mister Softee. And sometimes when the … Read more
Topping the list of Miami must-do’s: cruising Ocean Drive in a convertible, sipping a cafe-cito in Little Havana, strolling the Vizcaya gardens and discovering Bal Harbour Shops. The latter is a retail rite of passage in the 305. The luxurious open-air mall is arrayed with more than 100 European and American designer boutiques and eight … Read more
Between blockbuster Black Friday sales and bulk ordering on Cyber Monday, shoppers-in-lieu have yet another day of spending. On Small Business Saturday, which falls two days after Thanksgiving on Nov. 30, people are encouraged to visit their neighborhood mom-and-pop shops to promote shopping locally, rather than at major department stores or online retailers, which are … Read more
New York is synonymous with good bagels. People come from all around the world to try the famous breakfast staple and locals judge one another harshly on their go-to order, which is why Yelp has now compiled a list of the top 10 bagel stores across the state. While plenty of bodegas and cafes serve … Read more
They’re tipped off! Some local coffee shops are doing away with gratuities, removing tip jars and — more importantly — prompts for automatic gratuities on iPad payment portals. Most customers are thrilled. “I don’t have to decide how much to tip, I don’t have to do math, enthused Anu Mohan, a 34-year-old who works at … Read more
A pair of mates who randomly stumbled across an abandoned shop on the side of a road in Northern Ireland were shocked to discover what was still left inside. Jamie Robinson, 24, from Ballyclare, was travelling with his friend Jordan, when the duo came across an abandoned shop that’s been closed for more than 10 … Read more
Laura Avenius Eliason is a busy mother of three who’s always trying to stay on budget. To feed her growing tribe — all of her kids are under 8 — without going broke, the crafty mom winds up cooking mostly from scratch. And when she does grab her shopping cart and hit the aisles, she’s constantly … Read more
’Tis the season to splurge on your loved ones. Before you hit the stores, browse Alexa’s curated guide to 18 of the season’s best pop-ups, fashion capsules and boutique openings in New York. Delight giftees with up-crafted bags, swaggy hats, cuddly faux furs and Kim Kardashian’s sparkly Skims collab with Swarovski — all shopped locally. … Read more
This Rhode Island pizza joint serves up a pie to gobble for. Fellini’s Pizzeria offers a Thanksgiving pizza each year that’s so popular patrons need to place their orders months in advance. Throngs of customers will then stand on long lines the day before Thanksgiving for the chance to buy a slice if they missed … Read more
There are “likely tens of thousands of illicit cannabis businesses” currently operating out of bodegas, smoke shops and other storefronts in New York City — with many of the pop-up shops selling bad or dangerously tainted weed, a new study reveals. The survey, conducted by the New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association — in concert … Read more