Located on a breezy stretch of Hudson St., Myers of Keswick is a picture perfect British general store, bakery and butcher ashop. It feels like such a architypically British shop, you half expect to walk in and see a young Michael Caine chatting up the man behind the deli case about Arsenal Football and plans for a forthcoming bank holiday.
Aside from a variety of imported British groceries, Myers sells hand made fresh sausages and a variety of pies and pasties, all of which are made in a kitchen in the back of the store. The pies in particular are a great deal for lunch. On a recent visit, I had the pork pie ($3.25), a teacup sized flaky-crusted pie with a pork filling that tastes a bit like a really good breakfast sausage. Even better is the Cornish pastie ($3.95). Same flakey crust, with a savory mixture of potatoes, carrots, peas and beef. This is really like a shephards pie for your hand. One of either of these is plenty for a large snack or light lunch.
The fresh scone with homemade jam and clotted cream is also a great deal at $2.00. They will make this to order for you at the counter. The strawberry jam is a bit sweet for my taste, but when combined with the fluffy, rich clotted cream, and slightly salty biscuit, the flavor combo works nicely. The scone itself is so cakey, that eating one of these is essentially like eating a deconstructed piece of strawberry short cake.
Myers of Keswick
634 Hudson St
New York, NY 10014-5167
(212) 691-4194
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