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Brilliant Guide Brilliant Food 1. Ceci Cela - Perfect pastries. Have one, blame us. 55 Spring (212) 274-9179
2. Balthazar - Best breakfast meeting place in town. 80 Spring (212) 965-1785
3. Bite - Virgin Mojito to go, from a little window. 335 Lafayette (212) 431-0301
4. Dean & Deluca - Tourist epicenter/grocery store. 560 Broadway (212) 226-6800
5. Bread - Special salad is special. 20 Spring (212) 334-1015
6. DiPalo Dairy - Perfect Italian everything. 200 Grand (212) 226-1033
7. Café Habana - Cuban food, better than anything in Cuba. 17 Prince (212) 625-2002
8. Lucky Strike - Lunch special or penne with asparagus. 59 Grand (212) 941-0772
9. Café Gitane - Quit your job, hang out. 242 Mott (212) 334-9552
10. Marie Belle Chocolates - Hot cocoa bar in back should be illegal. 484 Broome (212) 925-6999
11. D&D Deli - Fresh turkey sandwich lunch special. 67 Spring (212) 941-5770
12. 18 Arhans - Buddhist vegetarian brilliance. 227 Centre (212) 941-8986
13. Palacinka - Come for the waitstaff stay for the crepes. 28 Grand (212) 625-0362
14. Omen - Oasis of calm, with sashimi. 113 Thompson St (212) 925-8923
15. Once Upon a Tart - Oasis of butter, with sugar. 135 Sullivan (212) 387-8869
16. Le Pain Quotidien - Pleasant lunch at longest table in the neighborhood. 100 Grand (212) 625-9009
Brilliant Home 17. Calypso Home - Like a little vacation, but you're still here. 199 Lafayette (212) 925-6200
18. Aero - Handsome stuff. 419 Broome (212) 966-4700
19. Sur La Table - Kitchenware extraordinaire. 75 Spring (212) 966-3375
20. BDDW - Brilliant wood by brilliant woodchucks. 5 Crosby (212) 625-1230
21. Waterworks - Fancy faucets, forty-dollar soap. 469 Broome (212) 966-0605
22. Hable Construction - High-end hippy brilliance. 230 Elizabeth (212) 343-8555
23. Ingo Maurer - Brilliant light fixtures. 89 Grand (212) 965-8817
24. Moss and Moss Gallery - Curated modern shopping. 146 Greene (212) 204-7100
25. Paula Rubenstein - Curated antique shopping. 65 Prince (212) 966-8954
26. Clio - Brilliant bits for your table. 92 Thompson (212) 966-8991
27. Global Table - Global bits for your table. 107-109 Sullivan (212) 431-5839
28. Mark Shilen Gallery Carpets & Rugs - Curated rugs. 457 Broome (212) 925-3394
Brilliant Resources 29. Allstate Glass - Shades, blinds, glass for the stars. Really. 85 Kenmare (212) 226-2517
30. Pearl Paint - Crunchy art supply store staffed by art students. 308 Canal (212) 431-7932
31. Canal Rubber - For those hard to find rubber and plastic "things". 329 Canal (800) 444-6483
32. Blick Artist Supplies - Non-Crunchy art supply store staffed by art students. 1-5 Bond Street (212) 533-2444
33. Kremer Pigments- 228 Elizabeth (212) 219-2394
34. OK Hardware - Well stocked and candy jar on counter. 438 Broome (212) 925-0375
35. Lendy Supply - Take a number, get your hardware the Lendy way. 182 Grand (212) 941-1334
36. Kate's Paperie - Papers, stationary, tourists. 561 Broadway ?(212) 941-9816
37. Design Source by Dave Sanders - Faucets and hardware on the Bowery. 107 Bowery (212) 274-0022
38. Metropolitan Lumber - Lumberyard in the middle of Soho. Really. 175 Spring (212) 966-3466
39. Janovic Plaza - Lots of paint chips, grumpy salesmen. 161 Sixth (212) 627-1100
40. Bicycle Habitat - 244 Lafayette (212) 431-3315
41. FedEx - No Line. 70 Spring (212) 941-6340
42. Greene Street Post Office - Big Angry Line. 124 Greene (800) ASK-USPS
Brilliant Transit 43. The Spring Street 6 Train Station - Stop at Ceci Cela before you go underground.
44. The Canal Street Stations - Don't stop before you go underground.
45. The Broadway - Lafayette Train Station - Stop at Bite before you go underground
Pretty Brilliant 46. de Vera - Impossibly beautiful bits and pieces. 1 Crosby (212) 625-0838
47. Ted Muehling - Brilliant jewels by brilliant genius. 27 Howard (212) 431-3825
48. The MoMA Store - Muji in the basement. Period. 81 Spring (646) 613 1367
49. Pearl River - 477 Broadway (212) 431-4770
50. The Apple Store - Good public restroom. Check your email. 103 Prince (212) 226-3126
51. Kid Robot - Curated Anime. 126 Prince (212) 966-6688
52. Purl - Knitting brilliance. 137 Sullivan (212) 420-8796
53. Dashwood Books - Brilliant and unusual photography books. 33 Bond (212) 387-8520
Brilliant Clothing 54. Pastec - Not like anything else, with clothes. 459 Broome (212) 219-3922
55. Brooklyn Industries - Williamsburg, inc. 284 Lafayette (212) 219-0861
56. Triple 5 Soul - Old soul on Hip Hop row. 290 Lafayette (212) 431-2404
57. Daryl K - Welcome back, Bond Street couture. 21 Bond (212) 529 8790
58. Yohji Yamamoto - Was great, still great. 103 Grand (212) 966 9066
59. Peter Hermann - Brilliant bags and wallets. 118 Thompson (212) 966-9050
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