eat a pickle and pretend you're Charlie Chaplin in one of those old black and white silent films.

EATERY:

Guss' Pickles

LOCATION:

85 Orchard St., New York, NY 10002

REVIEWS:

Izzy Guss in the early 1910 started a sidewalk stand, which moved from Essex to Orchard Street in 2002, now owned by a mom and son team is one of New York’s beloved shops. One can get a pickle for .50 cents or a quart for $6.00, flavors range from sour, very sour, super sour, and hot. But if your not feeling the pickles they also kraut sour/sweet, peppers sour/sweet, marinated mushrooms, artichokes and capers – basically anything that sounds good pickled. For the true cheapAss who want to experience NYC for less then a dollar eat a pickle and pretend you're Charlie Chaplin in one of those old black and white silent films. rave:the sour pickles very crunchy and not soggy and the hot pickles are great if you like to make fire downsouth this will do it, but not so crunchy. enjoy!

RANTS & RAVES:

For activites & History around the area , try the Tenement Museum. Located 91 Orchard Street, New York NY 10002 Mission The Lower East Side Tenement Museum's mission is to promote tolerance and historical perspective through the presentation and interpretation of the variety of immigrant and migrant experiences on Manhattan's Lower East Side, a gateway to America. Mission Today, although most citizens trace the beginnings of their American journeys to the urban rather than the rural environment and most descend from immigrants, The Tenement’s landmark tenement building at 97 Orchard Street is the first homestead of urban working class and poor immigrant people preserved and interpreted in the United States. Located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, an immigrant portal for almost two centuries, 97 Orchard Street was home to an estimated 7,000 people from more than 20 nations between 1863 and 1935. The Tenement is a designated National Historic Site, affiliated with the National Park Service and a featured property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In fiscal year 2006, The Tenement hosted nearly 125,000 visitors, representing all 50 states and more than 30 countries; its website at www.tenement.org received more than 300,000 online visitors.

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New York Jewish CHEAP ASS PICK! Lower East Side