Escape reality at the Polynesian-tiki bar complete with exotic furnishings, Pan-Asian bar snacks and 140 types of rum.
Get lost poking through the gourmet condiments (olive oil, chutney, seasoned salt) or press your nose against the massive cheese case. The amazingly friendly staff will help you snack your way through fromage selections or pour you a sip of sweet balsamic vinegar from one of the massive casks.
Proprietors Camella Ehlke and Marlon Aitcheson provoke wholesome fun (the couple also runs the well-appointed Breathe Inn in the Catskills) with organic snacks, blankets, toys for outdoors, and fresh-made sandwiches to go.
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Keep it local with house-made cheeses, breads, and artisanal snacks at the Italian market in the square.
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This casual deli — perfect for a postshopping snack — serves delicious Italian sandwiches, salads, pizza and pastas. Take home cold meats, cheeses and other savoury snacks.
Austrian chef Kurt Gutenbrunner’s cozy wine bar a few doors down from Wallse. The focus is vinos from around the world — for an average $7 a glass. No kitchen, but snacks are available: saucisson; paté; Murray’s cheeses; and, upon request, take-out from Wallse.
Hong Kong snack food franchise with a Chinatown outpost as adorably packaged as the dried mangoes, nonpareils, and spicy dried squid themselves. Plus, there’s ample sampling of just about every treat (we suggest the sesame marshmallows, plum tablets, and milk candies).
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Jerry Kleiner continues his Chicago reign with this clubby, old-school Euro restaurant. Chef Daniel Kelly (Tramonto’s Steak & Seafood) helms the kitchen, churning out upscale bar snacks (bacon popcorn) and satisfying entrees (Maine lobster-stuffed chicken breast).
Kitschy lanes and retro snacks like tater tots and drink pitchers of beer. It’s bowling in style.
Snack on favorites like fajitas, burritos, tacos, and quesadillas. Chase the spice with a Michelada, margarita, or Mexican soda. The space has an anti-chain restaurant look: billowing curtains, warm lighting, and dark wood floors.