On my break from T-Party last week, we decided to spend an afternoon in Manhattan. We visited with my niece and also took a walk to some of my favorite shops. There are several stores in the city that are pure eye candy and I love to walk through them for inspiration alone. One of them is called Fishs Eddy.
When I'm at Fishs Eddy, I have the urge to get rid of all of my dishes and start fresh. This store, which has been around for twenty years, is filled with an ever changing array of restaurant quality dishes and glassware. Some vintage, some new, all wonderful.
Maybe it's because I grew up in the restaurant business, but I have an attraction to sturdy restaurant ware and hotel china. And Fishs Eddy is packed with that and much more; they have jadeite, American hand-pressed glass, airline flatware, and an amazing array of dinnerware. I even came across a collection of vintage head vases.
Though Fishs Eddy is having a 25% off store-wide sale, I didn't buy anything. I simply enjoyed the browsing and the inspiration.
Susan
That is such a cool store...I've been to the one in New Hope, PA years ago and I just loved it (I don't know if it is still there). That store in Manhattan looks much bigger, though. I'm definitely going to have to add it to my lists of places to visit next time I'm in New York! Thanks for the pictures.
Posted by: colleen | January 04, 2008 at 07:38 AM
Thanks for that link---what a neat spot that must be! I enjoyed looking at their web site and drooling over the great selection of dishes, glasses, etc.. Happy New Year!
Posted by: dana in KC | January 04, 2008 at 08:15 AM
oh. my. goodness. these are terribly tempting pictures for a dish addict like me! a whole section of vintage china?!
Posted by: julie (jane's apron) | January 04, 2008 at 08:31 AM
Oh my, what a temptation that store is. I have a weakness for dishes and if I had the budget and the space, I could be a dish-a-holic. They have so many neat things.
Posted by: Connie W | January 04, 2008 at 08:52 AM
Hi love your blog and i want to come to a t-party!!. Love all the cakes and china XXXX
Posted by: Dominique | January 04, 2008 at 11:30 AM
O dear! so much to see and enjoy!! I would have spent ages in that store!!
Posted by: Forgjengelige ting | January 04, 2008 at 04:21 PM
Akkk I have a huge china weakness‘, I would want to start form scratch too. Such temptations !!!! Clarice
Posted by: clarice | January 04, 2008 at 06:20 PM
Darn...darn...darn...darn it! I'm half a continent away. I could certainly get into some major trouble at that store. I checked out the website and the only location I could find was in New York. Nothing in Chicago?
Posted by: the farmers wife | January 04, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Oh, that place looks like heaven! LOL! :o)
Posted by: Tracy | January 05, 2008 at 08:41 AM
You didn't buy a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g! Wow, what willpower. I'm excited to check out their website, looks like a fabulous store!
Posted by: Cece Marie | January 05, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Here's what I need you to do: tell my husband about this place. He will immediately send them a notice to bar me from entering so I don't take out a second mortgage to buy all those incredible dishes. Thanks!
Posted by: Cate | January 06, 2008 at 01:19 AM
Such eye candy for a dish-a-holic!
Susan
Posted by: Susan at Black Eyed Susans Kitchen | January 07, 2008 at 09:59 PM
So pleasent.
Posted by: paula luckhurst | January 13, 2008 at 08:06 AM