Indie boutiques · Mott
Nolita
Mott, Mulberry and Elizabeth St.
A few small blocks of Mott, Mulberry and Elizabeth Streets just south of Houston, next to Little Italy, packed with small-format designer shops, jewelers, apothecaries and cafes. Best for an unhurried browse of independent labels and fragrance and skincare shops, with lunch at a neighborhood cafe.
Indie labels · Jewelers · Apothecaries
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- Where
- MottIndie boutiques
- Right now
- Typical hours11am–7pm
- Getting here
- Subway: Spring St (6) or Prince St (R, W)Both a block or two from Mott and Elizabeth Streets
Insider guide
Shopping Nolita.
The story
Nolita sits just east of SoHo. Its shopping runs along Mott, Mulberry and Elizabeth Streets between Houston and Kenmare Streets, plus Prince Street. The streets are narrow and best walked.
Each street has its own lean. Mulberry is for menswear, with Aimé Leon Dore and Noah. Elizabeth Street has the most shops on our list: jewelry from Love Adorned and Hart, the French label Sézane, and a row of beauty shops in Aesop, Le Labo and MALIN+GOETZ. Mott has Coclico's women's shoes. It suits shoppers who like small brand shops, fragrance and good menswear, with dinner close by.
What to Expect
On Mulberry, Aimé Leon Dore is the New York menswear label's flagship, with a shop floor, a sound room, a Greek-inspired cafe and a private lounge with a bar. Noah, from former Supreme creative director Brendon Babenzien, sells understated high-end streetwear, from T-shirts under $50 to outerwear near $2,000.
Elizabeth Street keeps the beauty shops within a few doors. Aesop has a stone basin for testing skin and hair care and a private Fragrance Armoire. Le Labo blends perfumes, candles and lotions to order and bottles them with a personalized label. MALIN+GOETZ sells face, body and hair products in an all-black room. Farther up, Hart makes custom charm necklaces, L'Appartement Sézane is the label's apartment-style shop, and Love Adorned mixes fine and vintage jewelry from independent designers with homewares, apothecary goods and books. Over on Mott, Coclico sells its handcrafted leather shoes, and staff fit you in person.
Best Time to Visit
Shops open at 11am or noon and close between 6pm and 7pm, with Sunday hours of about noon to 6pm. Love Adorned opens at noon every day, and Aesop runs 11am to 7pm daily. Sézane closes at 6:30pm Monday to Saturday, and Coclico stays open to 6:30pm Thursday to Saturday but closes at 6pm the rest of the week. Hart and Le Labo don't post hours, so check before you go.
If You Only Have an Hour
Start at Aimé Leon Dore for the sound room and cafe. Cut over to Elizabeth Street for Aesop (226), Le Labo (233) and MALIN+GOETZ (235), all a few doors apart. Finish at Love Adorned, or detour to Coclico if you need shoes.
Where to Eat
Torrisi, inside the Puck Building, serves Italian-American cooking with polished service, such as tuna with pickled caponata. Estela is a relaxed room for shareable plates like ricotta dumplings with mushrooms and squid-ink arroz negro. C as in Charlie mixes Southern and Korean flavors in sharing plates. A short walk east, 8282 is a loud room with Korean-inflected plates, and Una Pizza Napoletana makes Neapolitan pies with puffy edges; walk-ins should come early.
The directory
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Fashion3 places
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Women's shoe shop open on Mott Street since 2001, selling the brand's handcrafted leather footwear. Staff do in-person fittings and also handle the brand's online orders.
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Paris-inspired apartment-style shop for the French label's Sézane Essentials and gift ideas, with in-store pickup for orders placed online.
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Kith's NoHo flagship, with sneakers, Kith's own clothing and other brands, plus a Kith Treats cereal-and-ice-cream window.
Beauty3 places
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New York skincare brand's apothecary for face, body and hair products for women and men, in an all-black room with brushed aluminum shelves and a white marble counter.
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Le Labo's first lab, opened at the brand's 2006 founding, where perfumes, candles, lotions and massage oils are blended to order and bottled with a personalized label.
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Aesop's signature store near its first US shop of 2010, with original brick, a stone basin for testing skin and hair care, water-tower cedar shelves and a private Fragrance Armoire.
Dining3 places
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38-seat Cuban-Mexican cafe and bar on Prince Street, open since 1998 and known for grilled corn, Cuban sandwiches and cocktails. Takeout and delivery available.
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Roman-style trattoria on Mott Street with a changing menu of homemade pasta, grilled branzino and wood-fired pizza, plus cheese and cured meats and a skylit back room.
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Pink-painted Italian restaurant on Elizabeth Street run by Pietro Quaglia and Mina Soliman, serving Italian dinner late into the night, until 2am Thursday to Saturday.
Menswear2 places
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Flagship of the New York menswear label, mixing mid-century modern and nostalgic decor, with a shop floor, a sound room, a Greek-inspired cafe and a private lounge with a bar.
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Men's clothing shop from former Supreme creative director Brendon Babenzien, selling understated high-end streetwear from T-shirts under $50 to outerwear near $2,000.
Jewelry1 place
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Fine and vintage jewelry from a rotating roster of independent designers, plus piercing jewelry, homewares, apothecary goods, books and decorative objects.
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Typical hours
Most shops keep the hours below.
Hours vary by individual store. Always check with specific retailers.
Eat, drink, stay
Between shops, close by.
Top restaurants nearby
All of Eat →- Estela★ Michelin starContemporary / American · Relaxed room on Houston Street serving shareable plates such as ricotta dumplings with mushrooms and squid-ink arroz negro.
- Torrisi★ Michelin starContemporary / Italian-American · Italian-American cooking with polished service in a warm room inside the Puck Building, such as tuna with pickled caponata.
- C as in CharlieBib GourmandFusion · Small Bleecker Street spot mixing Southern and Korean flavors in sharing plates, such as harissa-glazed baby back ribs.
- 8282Bib GourmandKorean / Fusion · Loud Lower East Side room with Korean-inflected sharing plates, such as littleneck clams with sweet-potato sujebi and Iberico pork galbi.
- Una Pizza NapoletanaBib GourmandPizza · Anthony Mangieri's pizzeria for Neapolitan pies with puffy edges and few toppings, such as buffalo mozzarella; walk-ins should come early.
Top hotels nearby
All of Stay →- Michelin Key
The Bowery Hotel
A 135-room Noho hotel with rooms modeled on an imagined prewar Manhattan apartment, vintage or salvaged furniture, the Gemma trattoria and a lobby bar.
335 Bowery ·
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Getting here
Parking and transit.
- PParkingPrince St (R, W), Spring St (6) and Broadway-Lafayette St are the nearest subway stations. The streets are narrow and best walked.
- SSubway: Spring St (6) or Prince St (R, W)Both a block or two from Mott and Elizabeth StreetsSubway fare
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