Still shopping? Just started? Good! I went to every store in the neighborhood — and each time took a wingwoman, carefully chosen to lend her good taste and keen shopping instincts.
I divided the list into several categories: books, non-profits, home, threads, kids, baubles, food, and in-a-category-of-their-own. And in each visit we tried to find a high and a low (though this is Tribeca, so sometimes it’s a high and higher) to diversify the price points. These are just a couple of the items that called to us — there is lots more where that came from. So close those tabs and get out for a winter’s stroll while we still can.
WRITTEN IN TRIBECA
The neighborhood has some prolific residents who have published pages of their expertise and creativity. With volumes from Houseman, Jon Pepper, Bernard Lumpkin & Carmine Boccuzzi, The Dead Rabbit, Michael J. Fox, Martha Hunt Handler, Sant Ambroeus, Lori Zimmer and Blue Moon Fish.
GOOD EATS!
Even the folks who have everything have to eat. And this a collection of real and rare treats. With goods from Blue Bottle, Bubby’s, Duane Park Patisserie, Farm.One, Interlude, Kaffe Landskap, Khe-Yo, Laughing Man, Maman, Matchaful, Odeon, Puffy’s
THE GIFT OF GIVING – LOCAL
What’s a more thoughtful stocking stuffer or Hanukkah gelt than a donation in someone’s name? There’s something in the neighborhood for every person’s passion. With links to 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Battery Dance, Best Friends Animal Society, Bowery Mission, Church Street School, Duane Park, Fountain House, Friends of Washington Market Park, Gingerbread, Hudson River Park, Manhattan Youth, Soho Rep
UNIQUE AMONG THE UNIQUE
This neighborhood has a few shops that are one-of-a-kind not just in the city but even the region. If you’ve never visited, now is the time. Plus a list of local framers, so you can finally hang the kid’s work of genius. With gifts from Clic, Cloud Gallery, Gill & Lagodich, GK Framing, Korin, L&O Framing, Mysterious Bookshop, OK Uniform, Paper Source, Pearl River Mart, Philip Williams Posters, Reflectel, Rooq, Rose Box, Shinola, Steven Amedee, Tribeca Paint, Trilogy Photo
FOR YOUR TEENS
For the most challenging cohort, there is a wealth of original ideas in the neighborhood — you just may have to look in unlikely places. With suggestions from Babesta, Balloon Saloon, Church Street Surplus, Ever After, Everafter, HiO, Jason Scott, Kings, My Little Sunshine, Paper Source, Patron of the New, Rose Box, Stella, Tribeca Paint
WHO DOESN’T NEED SOME PAMPERING?
Everyone needs a little self care these days, and there are lots of ways — at all sorts of price points — to pamper your friends and family with merch from Blue Mercury, Jenni Kayne, Kings, ONDA Beauty and Tribeca Apothecary.
FOR YOUR FURRY FRIENDS
The neighborhood has one pet store stalwart, some shopping surprises, and pampering for every pup — not to mention a local shelter for picking out one of your own! With reports from Best Friends Animal Society, Biscuits and Bath, OK Uniform, Pamper Ur Pets, Patron of the New, POOCHi, Pupculture.
FOR THE KIDS
The neighborhood has the best shopping in town for the little ones: threads from France, toys from Denmark, scooters from Switzerland and some only-in-New-York items (think Beastie Boys). With shopping at Babesta, Balloon Saloon, Boomerang, Ever After, Jacadi, Koh’s Kids, Livly, My Little Sunshine
MORE FOR KIDS!
Wait – there’s more! Good for them all, from babies to teens. Clic, Jenni Kayne, Kings, Mysterious Bookshop, Naturino, Pearl River Mart, Playing Mantis, Polarn O. Pyret, Roller Rabbit
FOR THE HOME
Tribeca is becoming a home design destination, and this list has goods from Foundrae, HiO, Jenni Kayne, Patrick Parish, Philip Williams Posters, R & Company, Stillfried Wien.
MORE FOR THE HOME!
More for the home, straight from the streets of Tribeca. Good luck not shopping for yourself. 180 The Store, 2020 Shop-Local Gift Guide, Clic, Espasso, Hemingway African Gallery, Re:Al Abayan, Stella, Ted Muehling
ALL THINGS THAT GLITTER
This time we focused on jewelry — and there is a great circuit here for that. A Uno, Foundrae, Gurhan Atelier, Kataoka, Lola Tribeca, Ted Muehling
THREADS! (WOMEN AND MEN)
The shops of Tribeca offer all sorts of original items that you will not find on Amazon. Really. Go peruse: 180 The Store, A Uno Tribeca, Church Street Surplus, James Perse, Jason Scott, Jenni Kayne, Red Wing Shoes, Todd Snyder at the Liquor Store
AND MORE THREADS!
More great gifts in the clothing and shoe department. Pry that mouse out of your hand! And get outside for a stroll and some old fashioned shopping. Alton Lane, J. Crew, Maharishi, Nili Lotan, Patron of the New, Rag & Bone, Roller Rabbit, Shop-Local Gift Guide, The Armoury, The Westside, Thom Browne
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