Arthur Avenue Retail Market — Attraction in New York

The Arthur Avenue Retail Market is one of several public food halls across the city, including Essex Market (LES), Jamaica Farmers Market (Queens), La Marqueta (Harlem), and the Moore Street Market (Brooklyn).

The Arthur Avenue market opened in 1940 to serve the predominantly Italian neighborhood and still does to this day.

There are several vendors, including butchers, fresh produce sellers, dry goods, and at least one restaurant and sandwich joint.

I was running errands in the area and needed a sandwich, so I ordered a mortadella and broccoli raab sandwich from Mike's in the back on the right. They also offer many pre-made sandwiches if you are in a rush, but I like to order off the menu.

The butchers look great and have an assortment of specialties, including offal and fresh rabbits. I can't wait to see what they offer around Easter time.

There are a few tables near the bar in the back and as part of the restaurant, but it's hard to say if you are welcome to sit there to eat a sandwich. Regardless, it's a great spot to check out if you are walking along and want to pop into NYC, equivalent to a...

My beautiful ladyfriends and I went to the Arthur Ave Retail Market to try out the new pastries that social media has been frenzying over. My ladyfriends were inspired from TikTok videos promoting Fritella. So, we all went to a store in the Arthur Ave Retail Market, the DUA Gourmet Market. We purchased the Fritella and additionally, I tasted the baklava. Yum. The store is lively, filled with energy and visited by cliques of people ranging from medical professionals to tourists. After I asked about a certain pastry, the lady cashier at DUA Gourmet Market was very friendly and updated to me when she can sell the Nutella Doughnuts - Fridays and Saturdays. She even gave me extra Fritella after engaging in a lively conversation about promoting our communities' businesses. I will go there on those days just to socialize and connect. It never hurts to have a chat and network. You may never know what opportunity awaits you in the near future. In-person opportunities can have much more familiarity than...

An incredible and interesting place. From a neighborhood beer hall featuring great, local micro-brewery beers, to a wonderful meat-market featuring numerous varieties of homemade Italian sausage, to a terrific Italian deli with all the great sliced meats and homemade fresh mozzarella, an Italian gelato counter & bakery, fabulous pizzeria, great produce market & olive bar and an old-world cigar shop featuring excellent in-house, hand-rolled cigars of all varieties of wrapper, the Retail Market will have you enjoying out-of-this-world delights for hours- and if you bring food home to freeze, for weeks and longer! A truly wonderful, unique & great place, and an absolutely terrific time. And, contrary to another reviewer's comment, all vendors and retailers in the market accept credit-cards. The other reviewer was confusing the Retail Market, which is a single venue consisting of many shops in a single building, with the Arthur Ave street retail...