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This upscale grocer offers the types of top-of-the-line ingredients that every foodie should stock their pantry with. Looking for gifts? The floral department makes beautiful arrangements, the bath and body area carries all kinds of upscale natural lines, and the…

Large supermarket chains offer convenience, but they don’t offer personalized service, especially when it comes to meat. Hirsch’s has had real-life butchers behind the counter hand trimming and grinding fresh meat daily since 1992, and it has continued to expand…

This restaurant and store-in-one is no Cracker Barrel. The eclectic gift shop is a knick-knack collector’s dream stop. Colorful crystal chandeliers greet you at the doorway next to hanging cloth lanterns and elephant figurines. Then start the Buddhas. This place…

Both of the namesake dishes here are superbly done, and in several varieties. Some of the region’s best soup dumplings are here, as are hand-pulled noodles (try the house special combo) and noodle soups. You can choose your pasta shape,…