Pylones
69 Spring St., nr. Lafayette St. 212-431-3244
You’ve forgotten to get your best friend’s kid a birthday present. Somebody at work is leaving. Secret Santa! These are the times to turn to Pylones, supplier of colorful tchotchkes. No one needs a box cutter in the shape of a trout ($16) or a mermaid hairbrush ($20), but their items are so cheerfully of the neon, polka-dot, and striped gestalt that they’ll always get a smile.
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Competition breeds the best. If only one pizzeria existed in New York, of course, there’d be no real winning slice. Thankfully, we’ll never know what that sorry situation tastes like, since pizza—like dance parties, dog runs, and fried chicken—has to evolve upward here.
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