Bagel shops, bread shops, Italian and Greek restaurants all line 23rd. These eatieries will silence any stomach grumblings one might have. Novelty shops filled with postcards, decoder rings, refrigerator magnets, wooden umbrellas and artificial barf dot the street, too. Wham, a novelty store, sells post cards, greeting cards, toys, posters and T-shirts. Stores such as Cargo and Apertos sell more expensive gifts.
Cargo specializes in merchandise reminiscent of the Far East along with candles and feather wings.
Apertos sells natural soap in every color and fragrance imaginable along with decorating items in themes ranging from Italian to Asian to 19th century Americana. Clothing fills the shop windows with the latest fashions for the trendy or the antique clothing shopper. Shirts, silk screened with pictures of Buddha, fill the window next to a store that sells vintage dresses from the '70s. Stores such as Kitchen Kaboodle and the Pottery Barn serve up enough housewares to fill 100 designer kitchens. Every color imaginable is splashed across 23rd Avenue.