We noticed a few things this week.
A few theaters, some roasteries, that cute florist you didn’t know existed, and more cozy spots from the cities we live in.
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Esoteric Board Game Cafes in Brooklyn
Beyond Catan and Ticket to Ride, Brooklyn's most intriguing board game cafes stock deep-cut imports, wargame compendiums, and obscure cooperative puzzles. Here's where to find them this summer.
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Taxidermy and Curiosity Shops in Brooklyn
Brooklyn's cabinet-of-curiosities retail scene blends Victorian aesthetics with contemporary collecting—bones, preserved specimens, and natural history oddments for the discerning eccentric.
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Vintage Film Camera Shops in the West Village
The West Village harbors a small constellation of dealers who trade in analog photography gear—tactile machines that refuse to vanish despite three decades of digital dominance.
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Specialized Knife Shops and Sharpening in Brooklyn
Brooklyn's specialty knife culture blends Japanese precision, European craft, and neighborhood sharpening pop-ups. From collector-grade blades to walk-in honing services, the borough's quiet network serves serious home cooks and culinary obsessives.
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Antique Clock Repair Shops of Manhattan
In an age of disposable smartwatches, a handful of Manhattan craftspeople still coax life into mechanical timepieces that have measured centuries. Here's where the city's last specialist horologists keep time itself ticking.
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Vintage Typewriter Shops Near Flatiron
From repair ateliers tucked behind Madison Square Park to collectors' lofts where Underwoods and Olivettis line the shelves, Flatiron and its neighbors harbor a quiet analog-writing revival—complete with ribbon spools and the clack of steel typebars.
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Neon Sign Workshops in Long Island City
Long Island City's industrial bones make it a natural home for neon artisans. This June, a handful of studios are opening their doors to amateurs eager to bend glass and fill tubes with argon glow.
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Chicago's Wicker Park Vintage Curiosity Shop Crawl
Seven vintage and oddity shops in Wicker Park offer taxidermy, antique tools, and a record-store-cum-museum—all walkable in a single late-spring afternoon.
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Oddball Gift Shops and Concept Stores in Silver Lake
Silver Lake's best oddball retailers for the visitor with two hours and intent to buy something memorable—vintage Japanese ceramics, tarot decks, rare plants, and a bookshop-bar hybrid that defies easy categorization.
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Bushwick Ferment Bars Pouring Kvass, Kombucha, and More
Bushwick's fermentation scene has quietly deepened into something remarkable—kvass bars honoring Russian tradition, kombucha taprooms with rotating taps, and cocktail bars built around aged vinegars. Six venues for the gut-flora-curious.
