9. The Meadow, A Specialty Shop for Salt (240 Mulberry St.)
The Meadow specializes in salts as well as salted chocolates and bitters, turning selecting the right salt into an art. Walking into the shop on Mulberry Street, at first, is overwhelming: you see rows upon rows of salt varieties before you even notice their wide selections of chocolates and bitters. No one country dominates as a source: many of their salts are from France, but these seasonings truly come from all over the world. If you go in searching for salt from Cyprus, Bali, India, or Slovenia, you will find it. Read more about The Meadow here.