Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Guss’ Pickles has been eerily quiet recently.  Our last dozen attempts to purchase full sours were met with the stark reality of a roll-down security gate. Alas, their time on the Lower East Side draws nigh.

Yesterday afternoon, we stopped by Guss’ Pickles for the weekly regimen of delicious full sours.  Outside the tiny storefront, owner Patricia Fairhurst was busy with a handtruck, unloading boxes of Ball jars and latex gloves onto the sidewalk.  It was a somber sight and a brief scare all rolled into one.  However, Fairhurst assured us [...]

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B_ _T_Q_ _: Buy a vowel because yet another one is coming to Orchard Street.  That’s right, it looks like a James Coviello shop will be opening at 70 Orchard, in line with Wendy Mink Jewelery and By Robert James.  According to the sign out front, launch should be sometime this month.  His Facebook [...]

Under beautiful partly cloudy skies, the Ninth Annual NYC International Pickle Day was held yesterday in the Municipal Parking Lot at the corner of Ludlow and Broome Streets.  This year’s celebration of pickled fare was somewhat overshadowed by the noticeable absence of Guss’ Pickles from the group of vendors.  They remained in their soon-to-be-vacant 87 Orchard Street locale.

However, that didn’t deter throngs [...]

This news breaks our hearts.  Lo-Down is reporting that Guss’ Pickles, the Lower East Side institution, is packing up for Brooklyn.  39th Street between 14th and 15th Avenues to be exact.  With this latest closing, our beloved neighborhood continues to crumble before our very eyes.  Owner Patricia Fairhurst said that “When the city put a [...]