The Pickle Guys

You have to love pickles to own a pickle store and Alan Kaufman loves pickles. This guy works some nine hours a day, six days a week, elbow-deep in pickle juice, and yet the owner of the Pickle Guys doesn’t have a sour bone in his body. Even his staff, most of whom joined him when their former employer, Guss’ Pickles, left Essex Street a couple of years ago, act as if life were a pickle party. The daily pickle barrels reveal remarkably fresh stock, from new to fully soured, with that perfect snap and spray in every bite. These are simply terrific pickles and you'll want to sample them all. The former Guss' Pickles (a longstanding NYC store) is now taking up residence in a new space just down the block from the old store. Tourists still flock there and stand elbow to elbow in line with regulars, especially right before Passover, when the horseradish is freshly grated from morning till night. more

Do you want pickles? Well, if you do, the Pickle Guys is the perfect place for you to buy some. Located on Essex Street and across the street from Seward Park, this place offers a variety of pickles. Within their barrels, theres hot pickles, sour pickles, pickles that arent jsut yet pickles, etc. They do not offer just pickles, but they offer different vegetables that have been pickled, including tomatoes and olives. So the question is, how badly do you want your pickles? more

The Pickle Guys has been in business since I was living in the Lower East Side and till this day there is still a crowd of long lines waiting to buy some pickle. If you walk around the corner of Essex Street you can smell the aroma of their pickles when the wind blows. They have regular flavored pickles and hot and sour pickles. In addition to their pickles they also sell olives, tomatoes, and peppers, but make sure you grab some pickles. One taste and you're lured in to buy more. Even tour buses stop here at this local favorite. Furthermore the pickles I believe is kosher. more