Guss' Pickles

Guss' Pickles (now at 85 Orchard Street) was started by Russian immigrant Izzy Guss in 1910. This sidewalk stand, which relocated in 2002, is a remnant of the once-thriving pickle district on Essex Street. Giant plastic barrels (wooden ones are illegal) laden with pickled goodies offer a choice of full sour (pickled for three months), half-sour, and new pickles, as well as pickled olives, sauerkraut, and green tomatoes. Guss' Pickles is also famous for being the pickle store in the 1980s film Crossing Delancey.