BLEAKER STREET

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VV restaurant critic Robert Sietsema and fashion writer Lynn Yaeger take a walk around the West Village. "At the Steve Madden store, Sietsema lapses into full-blown nostalgia. 'This was a bodega run by Turks! They sold hundreds of different kinds of beer! They made sandwiches in a really weird space in the back of the store!'" [VV]