The Holiday Shops

Super Mac + cheez was total garbage.
Was it Kraft?!
Why did I wait 7 minutes for you to heat it up & then serve it to me cold?!
Nobody at the booth had any personality or cheer.
Mac was $ 6, $ 8 or $ 10 & the only option you had was some lame topping & hot pepper… womp womp.
I got the large & then threw it out after 4 bites.

This is a nice place to kill a couple of hours window shopping and sampling food. There are plenty of places to grab a bite to eat, I particularly like the Mediterranean booth that served wraps in homemade, grilled, thin, dough. The baklava was amazing– nutty and not too sweet as is often the case.
You can find some unique gifts, but you’ll have to sift through the common, «street fair» goods. Definitely make a loop before deciding on anything.

As part of my annual «holiday tour» (consisting of the Rockefeller tree, dep’t store holiday windows, FAO Schwartz, etc, etc), I always head over to Bryant Park, visiting their holiday shops and dining/​people watching at Celsius.
Having frequented other holiday shops/​kiosks (Union Square, Grand Central Terminal, South Street Seaport), I can say confidently that Bryant Park’s are the best — in both variety and just the «quality» of the stores. While some of the other holiday shops are more like street fairs with cheap t-​shirts and tacky jewelry, Bryant Park hosts several art galleries, (good) clothing and accessories, and all-​important food options like TopArepa, Crêpe Café, Max Brenner, Dough, Le Churreria, Vegetarian Oasis, Daisy’s Grits, and Kettle Korn NYC.
There have got to be around 100 or so stores there, which sometimes makes the walkways seem a bit cramped, but the facades/​structures and the stores themselves have a nice quality feel to them. Don’t let a holiday season slip by without visiting!

Diverse array of shops. Fun way to pass time outdoors. The chocolate stand is to die for. A bit crowded and pricey.

I love the Holiday shops! So many little shops and some are really unique like this one that had figures made out of some sort of metal. oh! of course the different snack shops that are also there! Even if you don’t have money or much to spend it’s still fun to walk around and look at things.