Oct 05 2007
New Store Alert: Exit 9 on Smith Street
Oh how happy I was to see that the East Village’s Exit 9 had finally opened a store at 129 Smith Street between Pacific and Dean streets. Exit 9 is one of those stores I discovered in my early days of living in New York (now more than four years ago) and always return to when I need a gift for others (or myself). I once asked the owner why he didn’t have a store in Brooklyn, and he replied that rent on Smith Street was more than the rent he was paying to be on Avenue A. Either he got a good deal or decided to get in before the rent shoots even higher. Regardless, now two of my favorite Manhattan gift stores, the other being Flight 001, are now within walking distance. That makes me happy, if my wallet a bit lighter.
3 Responses to “New Store Alert: Exit 9 on Smith Street”
I used to live in the E. Village and found Exit 9 to be better in theory than in practice. It is cool to have a little gifty store, but I thought it suffered from trying to please too many, especially now since it’ll be surrounded by so many Smith St. home stores and a Cook’s Companion. Hey, if you need a birthday card and a tiki lamp, this’ll be your store, though.
I used to live in the E. Village and found Exit 9 to be better in theory than in practice. It is cool to have a little gifty store, but I thought it suffered from trying to please too many, especially now since it’ll be surrounded by so many Smith St. home stores and a Cook’s Companion. Hey, if you need a birthday card and a tiki lamp, this’ll be your store, though.
this is excellent news! i used to live on the LES and loved exit 9 for wrapping paper and handbags. they had some really sweet bags.