Essex Street Market

The Essex Street Market is great for many reasons. A fish monger, a cheese monger, a meat monger, a vegetable monger and a fruit monger all in one place? all those mongers? I stopped by after work for dinner groceries and picked up the following for under $10:

Shrimp: $3.99
Celery, pears, corn, scallions and cilantro: $3.25
Eggs: 1.75

Um, delightful! and the opportunity to buy expensive cheese. But I held back. Trying to be frugal again and all that.

There is also a great restaurant at the other end of the market that really represents the traditional tastes of the lower east side, the latin-jewish yumminess.