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Neighborhoods: Meatpacking District, Chelsea14th St-8th Ave (A, C, E, L)
14th St-7th Aves (1, 2, 3, F, V, L)
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Chelsea Market was a highlight of my trip to NYC. We were walking through High Line Park and did a little detour to check out the market, which was absolutely fantastic. A friend recommended stopping by for a Ronnybrook Farms milkshake and it was an indulgent treat reminiscent of my childhood.
Chelsea Market feels a lot like the upscale Ferry Building in San Francisco, with everything from warm baked breads, too many tempting sweets, gifts, fresh meat and fish and good people watching. They did a great job decorating for Halloween and we saw many families enjoying the market together. This is a fabulous spot for both locals and tourists and if I lived closer, I'd be a regular.
Can you say mmmmmm? Chelsea Market is one interesting place. I thought it would be more visually appealing form the outside but no it looks somewhat non-descriptive . But enter and you seemed to enter a cavern of food , the structure is very old brick , unadorned rough but cool.
Inside it houses many different restaurants, food stands and markets of all types. They also have a many bakeries that beg you to come in a eat.
If I lived near here it would be a temptation to be constantly buying some yummy treat , meat or gourmet food.
WHY hasn't anyone introduced me to this place before? It's heaven! They literally have everything you could possibly need; Fancy bread? Yes. Cupcakes in shape of a burger? Yes. Brownies of all types? Yes. Italian groceries? Yes.
I went staight for the Italian grocery store as I lived in Italy and was feeling a bit nostalgic. Planning an authentic Italian dinner anytime soon to impress your boy/girlfriend? You will find everything you need here. Pasta of every shape, color and flavor. Marinated vegetables, cheese, olive oil, balsamic, risotto, and all other Italian foods you won't find anywhere else. THEY HAVE STAR COOKIES! Star cookies! My favorite cookies in the world when I lived in Italy. They are especially good with NUTELLA (which this place also has). I'm in love.
I also like the fact that you can look into the bakeries at Chelsea Market and watch as people make bread. Really such a cool place. Do as I did, take a walk down the Highline, come over to Chelsea Market for some groceries, then go home and make an awesome dinner. Perfect day!
I was in NYC for the Food and Wine Festival which took place mostly in Chelsea and the Meatpacking District so of course, we couldn't help but stumble into Chelsea Market for a peek. What a fabulous place -- I wish we had something like this back here in Orange County! The variety of eateries and shops/markets was fabulous -- just about anything you could think of was available.
It really made for a fun stroll to walk through it and I picked up a couple of gourmet gifts for friends back home. Highly suggested if you're in the area! :-)
Great indoor marketplace, beautiful design, and a nice place to grab lunch with a friend, or sit in one of the granite "couches" and journal while you watch denizens filter in and out.
I stumbled across this place a few years ago during my walkabout of NYC.
I was able to have a little picnic with items from Amy's Bread and local market and was pleasantly surprised when I discovered the Food Network kitchens were also here.
The selection of restaurants and stores throughout this quaint old building spark ones' interest into returning to see what's new or revisit an old favorite.
A definite must for any fledgling foodie.
Such an awesome place!
Great shops and restaurants... I died and went to cupcake heaven! Just a really cool and different place to hang out for a couple hours... wanted to go to the Food and Wine festival but by the time I found out all the tickets that were left sucked!! Next year...
If you are a bit of a foodie, which you probably are given that you're reading a Yelp review.... check it out!
Chelsea Market has nothing on the Ferry Building. Put that in your pipe and smoke it NYC.
The building itself is pretty cool, with an industrial art feel, but I was pretty surprised by its small size. Yes, there are little boutique-y stores offing a variety of different items (wine, Italian food, cupcakes, fish, coffee, etc...), but none of the ones I've tried (about 7 different places) have been especially delicious. It's convenient that everything is located in one place, but in my opinion, these shops are not gems waiting to be discovered. If I wasn't staying across the street it would not be a place I'd need to visit.
Perfect example - all I wanted the other morning was a toasted bagel with cream cheese. It's NYC. You'd think they would be falling from the sky. Apparently there is only 1 place in Chelsea market where you can get a bagel, and the toaster was broken. That's obviously situational, and not the sole reason for giving it 3 stars, but really, how is there only 1 place that serves a bagel? And I know that's situational and clearly it's not the sole reason that I'm giving this place 3 stars. Maybe if I had met Bobby Flay (the Food Network shoots in the building) and challenged him to a souffle throw down then it would've countered the bagel experience. But, unfortunately that didn't happen.
Located in the meatpacking district in Manhattan. This gem has edible delights under one roof. What a concept. They should have something like this in Chicago. Commercial/Factories producing large quantity of products and open to the public. It felt like a strip mall, with outdoor seating all along the entire building. There is a soup kitchen (like the soup Nazis from the Seinfeld show), with many variety of home-made soups to a bread factory. There was a fish house that sells all types of seafood and freshly rolled sushi. Awesome!!!
You could easily pass this place up, if you were driving. From the outside it looks like a warehouse and the little glass frame door. I found this market accidentally, while looking for Morimoto's. After walking around inside, I almost didn't want to go anywhere else.
Here's the link: http://chelseamarket.com
New York's best kept secret. ... except not really! It's a little bit of a thing... everything all in one convenience.... wine cellar, cupcakes, brownies, regular groceries, italian pasta & cheese groceries, Asian groceries, the lobster place for all of your fresh seafood needs, gelato, espresso, hearty teas, cook/bakeware.... damn, what DOESN'T this place have?!
History in the making, it was home of the National Biscuit Company in the 1890's, now home of the food network and other renowned corporate breeds. I've stamped an A+ approval on this indoor "marketplace" as some have so harshly critiqued to not really be a marketplace. Right around the same area you'll find familiar restaurants like Morimoto & Buddakan. How convenient for them...
It's a one stop, sweet shop. I'd live here if could.. it's quite the wonderment. Even after multiple visits I still can't stop drooling!
I know there's quite a bit of history behind the building of Chelsea Market, as it used to be the warehouse complex making crackers and cookies. As a first-time visitor, I could just feel the ghostly breeze behind my back walking through the narrow aisle of markets. Or, maybe that was just the air conditioning blowing air.
Judging purely on atmosphere and aesthetics, I found the market to be slightly depressing. Dark and gloomy, the minimalist decor hits you with plenty of red brick and sheet metal. The long and narrow layout didn't seem too inviting and welcoming. Most of the stores seemed deeply entrenched behind their front doors.
We grabbed a cup of clam chowder and and an ice cold drink from The Lobster Place and enjoyed a few moments of people-watching, sitting right in front of the glass windows where the makers of Amy's Bread were churning out their endless pastries. They were a pure artists, making bread with precision and it was a joy to watch.
No doubt the popularity of Food Network has drawn more tourists to the market, as you'll get plenty of people just meandering about. I couldn't help but compare to the SF Ferry Building, where along with the Farmer's Market, is just in a whole other league as far as true, expansive and locally grown food markets are concerned.
I'm a bit over Food Network. Still, the idea of visiting the building that houses their headquarters, and whose facade is seen on many shows, appealed to me. Especially when that building is also home to many shops and food spots!
Chelsea Market isn't as touristy as I had imagined. Sure, tourists will likely flock here, but the experience isn't manufactured and actually has some pretty unique offerings. If you like baked goods and cupcakes (I personally do not) then you will likely go crazy here. Every other shop seems to be a bakery of some sort. There are still many other places that have gelato, coffees, seafood, kitchen gadgets and decor, and wine. It's even home to a Morimoto location, which I thought was exclusively Philly.
Even if you're not in the market (pun intended) for any purchases, Chelsea Market is such a nice place to just walk around in. The building is gorgeous and chances are that you'll be leaving with something to eat, even if you didn't come in for it!
This hundred year old commercial bakery, converted to a "mall," has the greatest eclectic variety of stores anywhere. One store has great unusual kitchen items. Another is an awesome seafood store. There's an Italian wholesale/retail grocery supplier of everything you could use to cook Italian, in huge low priced quantities. Cookie stores. Bakeries. Gelato. Wine. Gift baskets. Imported household accessories. Everything. It's worth the visit if you're in town for a long visit, live there, or happen to be nearby. If visiting for a few days, it's not worth a crosstown trip - you don't have room enough in your luggage.
I love coming here for lunch on weekends. There's many things to choose from. And pastries for special occasions is a neat spot to stop by. I'm glad this place isn't near where I live or work because I swear the reason I'll be broke is because I made one too many trips here.
What do I think of this place...ah I wish I did not go here. At first going inside I was tremendously curious of what it had to offer. Then suddenly it reminded me of the inside of a universal studious ride, that has no end, and filled with rich people. There were like so many cupcake places, at first you'd think you'd gone to heaven. But as you walk on you feel incredibly saturated by it. i felt like I was Alice in one of those tunnels going down to Wonderland. I kept thinking which way is the exit, where is the eat me cookie. When i had reached the end i knew i had to walk back the same way and that was not going to happen. So i got out the back and walked outside instead. Not worth the trip or curiosity.
Chelsea Market is a unique place for a quick lunch spot for people that live, work, or attend classes nearby, but it is not usually a place for tourists. It is a food court, in the simplest description, with an industrial feel to this building.
The building itself is very cool because of its age and history, and the Food Network headquarters are here.
This place is heaven, first of all everything they sell very high quality ingredients, everything is the best. Amazing selection of food and ingredients. You can have dinner at any of the restaurants or go to the lobster market and get the best selection of sea food.
The bakery section is great! Best brownies in town, same with the cookies! The place is very clean and very friendly!
Place has everything from cupcakes to soup's worthy of the soup nazi. Great place to go for lunch as it has a wide variety of foods to choose from.
A great food and small items market.
Also a location for the food network's kitchens, and upstairs other offices. The stores here change infrequently.
Lots of people wandering through here, plenty of seating (early, at least), and views of everything from the bakeries to the fish market. There are fewer stores than in the past, but great small eats and fresh food to buy.
For someone like me who basically lives to eat, Chelsea Market is my mecca & I gladly make the pilgrimage whenever I am in NYC.
The building itself is a historical site that now houses The Food Network (I hang around with the fervent hope of running into Bobby Flay or Rachael Ray)and pastry/chocolate places such as Fat Witch and Eleni's.
The BFF and I grabbed sandwiches from Amy's Bread and just sat around on one of the sculpture/rock formations in a corner and people watched. We saw employees lunching, moms pushing their strollers and other tourists such as ourselves gawking & people watching us!
My favorite eats here are:
- french ham & butter sandwich from Amy's Bread
- blondie brownie from Fat Witch
- red velvet cupcakes from eleni's (they've got all kind of gorgeous, yummy cupcakes & cookies)
- chicken chowder soup from hale & hearty soups
Chelsea Market is definitely on every tourist's list, it gets really crowded, but it is totally worth experiencing.
The Chelsea Market is the Paris Hilton of markets...glossy, pretty, but extremely expensive, with absolutely no substance.
What I do not understand, is how you can call this place a market. They essentially have a bunch of overpriced restaurants, and bakeries. Where is the substance? The cheese shop? The butcher? Good produce?
Also, what's with the hordes of tourists in this place? Is there really anything to see? Have you never seen a freaking cupcake before?
On a positive note, the coffee here is pretty damn good, and there are a lot of options.
Sorry, I get a little ranty about Chelsea Markets. Truth is, I long for a trip to San Francisco's Ferry Building...a TRUE market, with everything from duck breasts, to oysters, to an entire shop of exotic mushrooms, to a huge array of fresh, locally grown produce.
END RANT
People want to pitch a bitch over this place, who cares what you say!
There are people that enjoy the food network and live outside of the tri state area. God bless them for wanting to come to NYC with their baby strollers and kids in tow. They're supporting our City, so deal with it.
When I walk into this place, it reminds me of Disney World. Everything is so clean and pretty, I'm happy its a tourist attraction and people want to stop and take pictures.
Amy's bread is crankin' out their signature bread (semolina, Fenil and raisin - yum)
I stopped by 9th St Espresso and bought a bag of their Alphabet City Blend. On the way out, I stopped by Fat Witch and bought a biscotti.
Enjoy yourself when you come here and take a deep breath. You're at the greatest city on earth. Next, take the A train to the Museum at central park. There's more Disney NYC beautification to see.
I was alittle early for my 1st try out so I saw people walking in and out of this place so I decided to walk in and take a look for myself and I was sure happy that I did. There were speciality market, restaurant, bread, dessert, etc. Everything look pretty fresh and the whole place smell like everything was homemade. I want thru the bread store and watch everything they were selling, I walk around the seafood market and can image me buying these things to go home and cook with, I was bowsering at each restaurant menu and I was kicking myself because i just brought a boring ham and cheese sandwich from a liquour outside. Next time I will go back and buy things to cook with plus try a few restaurant in there.
When it comes to malls and food, this was a culmination of my complete geek dream. Bakeries, Frenchie sandwich shops, gourmet groceries that won't rob you, and then a restaurant supply store. So many things to witness. So many to savor.
The Chelsea Market, home of the Food Network! is so awesome! The decor is awesome, and the sites and smells are so wonderful!
I totally love the freshness of everything here, but you definitely pay for what you get and then some! My friend usually gets the fish here for his fish tacos, because it really is great quality and just a lovely place to walk around in.
I have yet to try the baked goodies, but I hear they are so yummy, I'll for sho let you know next time I go :)
what a surprise.. what a surprise.. this is totally what manhattan needs.. a hidden tunnel/mall full of surprise stores
This place offer a unique experience you might not find anywhere else in manhattan.. you just have to go there experience yourself..
There are lots of dessert shop insides + food.. I can totally see myself spending an afternoon with friends.. good place to bring a date too..
Love it.. will be back in no time!!
Awesome place to hang out when you need blasting airconditioning
1) Find a hot day when staying outdoors is not an option
2) Knock yourself out in a sea of bakeries, cake shops and restaurants.
Just to name a few:
-Eleni's cupcakes
- Amy's Bread
- Fat Witch brownies
- T salon
3) Get really pissed at yourself for consuming 4 cupcakes in the span of an hour.
4) Repeat it all over again within a week.
There's an old rumor that my company almost moved into Chelsea Market. We didn't -- we're up in the middle of nowhere near the Javitz.
Which is fine by my waistline. Because if I were in Chelsea Market five days a week I would get so fat I wouldn't be able to take the subway. You know, morbidly obese bed-rest fat. And then I guess I wouldn't be able to work at all.
So it's just as well.
AVOID this mall on the weekends at all costs!
Besides the gawkers from who knows where ( don't people shop for food outside of NYC?), there are the masses of NYer's who feel that the weekend is their time to show their dirty feet in flip-flops and move around the city with their McClaren strollers at a pace as if they just arrived off a 10 hour flight.
Yes it is a mall NOT a market. Indeed there are some wonderful shops for food and restaurants to grab a quick bite. Hear that folks - a quick bite -not a leisurely meal... These vendors are there for turnover not to provide entertainment. That is why you see so many vacant spaces. You can only get inexpensive quality food in a place like this on a regular basis if there is a great movement. Lingering and buying a single raisin twist at a bakery ( as on visitor below commented) will surely put this place out of business.
The most abysmal idea is the television above the door on 9th Avenue. I suppose it comforts those who cannot leave their home without being electronically attached. Today I broke up with laughter upon entering to see the entrance blocked with those watching Wimbledon; when a determined oldster, laden with produce, crashed through a number of the viewers stopping at the door to ask them if they were all homeless and had no televisions at home to watch. A pure NY moment indeed.
I will continue to shop and eat here but never again on Saturday or Sunday.
Love, love, LOVE the Chelsea Market!!! It's not quite as grandiose as other markets I've been to but this place definitely packs a lot of character and energy as anywhere else. Ai M got it right about this being the East Coast's version of the Ferry Building, except this place seems like it's in a cave.
There are so many places to eat here that it's almost too much. I don't know of any other place that has so many bakeries situated so closely together and that's fine by me. Lobster Place was huge, but a tad over-priced. Manhattan Fruit Exchange was perhaps one of the most inexpensive places to buy produce anywhere. The kitchen supply store, Bowery, was mammoth and had virtually anything you wanted.
It definitely draws a massive crowd here so be prepared. I only saw one set of bathrooms and the lines were wicked long.
Speaking of which: to the lady who was changing her kid's revolting soiled diaper on Saturday afternoon around 1pm in front of Friedman's in plain view of people eating their lunches...YOU ARE A PIG!!!
First, I can't believe I have been living in NYC for a year and a half and I hadn't heard of Chelsea market until yesterday. And second, I I can't believe I have been living in NYC for a year and a half and I hadn't heard of Chelsea market until yesterday!
It's the perfect little collection of gourmet grocery stores, some of my favourite bakeries and some cool restaurants/cafés. What's wonderful about the interiors is that they've created a beautiful interesting look from what could have been dismissed as industrial scrap from the Nabisco factory. And it doesn't hurt that it smells like food heaven throughout the ground floor.
My personal favourite store was the Chelsea Market Baskets, where I found so many interesting things included white truffle honey (which I sampled with some toast and goat cream cheese). Yumm. I also really enjoyed the gelato at the counter near the neat kitchen tools store. Do try the panna cotta flavour!
My friends and I ate brunch at Friedman's lunch - I liked the food (I had an Alaskan Brunch - nicely done omelet and home fries) and I liked the free juice sample they greeted us with [I love freebies:D]. It was a shame that they kind of broke into our lazy post-brunch conversation and requested us (very nicely of course) to buzz off, but hey, in their defense, it was a busy Sunday afternoon.
All said and done, a lovely way to spend a couple of hours.
Chelsea Market is an amazing shopping market filled with a plethora of different restaurants, bakeries and shops.
I am from Los Angeles and I rarely get to see places with so much character like this place. Cool lighting, design and waterfalls inside make this place so much fun to walk around in.
Definitely a place to see for any tourist or local.
Where have I been?
Hiding under my rock probably! This place was awesome! Like a kid in a candy store, there's such a great selection! It feels like I'm touring the world.. but in a contained space.. not all over Manhattan! ;)
There was even a sample sale when I went.
Cupcakes, cookies, coffee and tea galore.. oh and plenty of other food too.. but I gravitate towards caffeine and sugar.
Thank God they're on the West side, if they were on the East, I'd have to redouble my efforts at Crunch! :)
I kept hearing about this place but have never been there. I wouldn't have even noticed this place if it wasn't for my friend who wanted to try some cupcake place in there. It turned out to be a VERY VERY VERY cool place!
I love how they designed it and lots of cool little restaurants and bakeries hidden inside. We also got to see this pretty cool exhibition or whatever of animals made out of recycled products. I can't wait to come back here to try the food places in here!
This place is like foodie porn. I used to live a few blocks away so I'd come here purely for entertainment sometimes. Everytime I come here, I discover something new. Who knew there was a kitchen supply store where you can stock your entire kitchen for super cheap? The gelato stand all the way in the back (not the one by the italian store), by the kitchen supply store, is the best in the city. It has changed my life.
Minus one star for the crappy bathrooms that are hard to find.
successful remake of an old historic site into a cute little hangout space.
no need to mention the great grocery stores, snack shops, and food spots throughout the market.
come in and just lounge at the various sitting spots.
enjoy the ambiance.
a great hide-away for a day with a bad weather.
london's boroughs market
then
sf's ferry building
then
chelsea market
After our not so memorable brunch at Mesa Grill, my sis-in-law's sis made a wonderful suggestion to spend our early afternoon here. From our location, we walked, walked some more, had a celebrity sighting...VAL KILMER (oooooh!), got lost, asked a sweet little old lady walking her dog for directions, walked even MORE (glad I broke down and bought some wannabe UGGs!) and then we found it...it was WORTH every BLISTER!!!
It's just a great place to be...numerous bakeries, fresh vegetable, fruit, seafood, cheese, imported Italian food retailers and culinary storefronts. Wide range of places to grab a bite...NO FOOD COURT type food here...nothing but quality eats made by people who are passionate about what they do...it's apparent!!! The Food Network resides on the floors above (Bobby Flay's Test Kitchen for his Throwdown) and Emeril's studio for his live show is on the main floor.
We were here last year around Christmas time...festive lights, the smell of fresh pine from the trees, carolers...awwwwwww, it just added to my ADORATION for this place!!! Definitely want to come back!!!
If I linger around Chelsea Market long enough, will I meet someone from the Food Network who will offer me a job?
Can't hurt to try, right?
Definitely go to Chelsea Market if you have an hour or so to spend. The shops are really nice and it is definitely not a tourist trap. Do your Yelp research, as there are a lot of bakeries and cafes here. You don't want to end up getting crappy food at one stand when there was decadent food right next door!
I love this place so much, I want to marry it.
Amazing cute shops.
Sugar in every corner -- rom Fat Witch to Ronnybrook Milk bar.
Fresh seafood, produce, and wares for cooking.
Food Network is cool enough to film in this building.
But my favorite is watching the progression of school kids that come by daily to snag a sample brownie or cookie bite.
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