Rainbow Kitchen & Hardware Supplies

I bought a stainless steel pan frying pan and a pair of tongs for making steak. Previously, I had been using nonstick pans, which was all I had, and never seemed to get a good sear on the meat. Unfortunately, nonstick has completely taken over the retail market, and stainless steel is very hard to find at places like supermarkets (whether Chinese or American), superstores (Target), home stores (Bed Bath & Beyond), or even Amazon (at least at a reasonable price). Nonstick is great and convenient for most of the stuff I make, but there’s nothing like a great char when you need it. Cast iron (more readily available) would have made a nice sear as well, but I wanted to make pan sauces with the fond, which makes it less suitable.
Enter Rainbow Kitchen & Hardware Supplies. They offer a wide range of pans: nonstick, aluminum (a few different alloys to choose from in the 3000 series), cast iron, and stainless steel (some of which are pure steel, others fused with an aluminum base for lighter weight and better heat transfer, like the one I selected). The shapes are also numerous: skillet, round bottom, paella, saucepan, wok, etc. Generally they stock multiple sizes of the same brand.
The rest of the store has everything you could possibly think of, from nigirizushi molds to meat thermometers (of which they have at least ten different types). The store itself is fairly large and the aisles are all stacked very high with goods. There is literally a 20-​foot long section filled completely with tongs, which cheap ones available for ~$ 1 and expensive ones approaching $ 10. The prices are not bargain-​basement cheap, but very reasonable and often better than Amazon.
One great thing about this place is that they’re open on Sundays, which is not true for the majority of kitchen supply stores on Bowery.

This kitchen and hardware supply store has so much amazing inventory for both the professional and at-​home chef or culinary enthusiast. I went in to try and get a medium sized single-​handled, non-​nonstick wok, that fit my extremely picky wok standards, and on my first visit, I FOUND IT and more than I planned to buy! I walked out of there with the perfect wok, a Dexter-​Russell paring knife, a vinyl cutting board for raw meat, new oven mitts, and a small condiment bottle. I could have left with so much more, but I refrained. The best part? Even though they didn’t have a matching wok lid in stock, one of the owners offered to create one for me out of a similarly sized mixing bowl, but I told him not to trouble himself, as I’d surely be back when they had it in stock again and many other times. These guys are great!

The lady in the front knows her job well. if you are looking for kitchenware must be your first stop. Good selection as well

Nice, helpful staff! We were so happy to find reasonably priced kitchen shoes here! easy to navigate store!

Great hardware store! I always find everything that I need and that I was looking for. They carry a great selection. The prices are a bit high, but the staff is nice and the store is clean and well organized. Plus I don’t know any other hardware store near by, so I just come here.