Shop Locally!

East Villagers already know that our neighborhood abounds with great shopping, great eats, and great dining. There are more than fifty streets from 14th to east Houston teaming with boutiques, clothing shops, book stores, independent pharmacies, restaurants, galleries, and gift stores as well as the services we cant do without like salons, spas, hardware, and dry-cleaning.  All this retail variety right in your neighborhood gives new meaning to the phrase "one stop shop"! Shopping here in the east village also means helping our community from being taken over by the vicious chain stores which have already gobbled up many Manhattan neighborhoods. So, when you can head to that little shop around the corner where you'll find a familiar face behind the counter, get personalized service, and keep your hard earned dollars right here in your famous neighborhood. By shopping right here you'll be helping the world be a little greener also. See you shopping! —Richie Livan
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Anthony Aiden Opticians

Since 1989 We have been the New York City's premiere optical shop for designer prescription eye glasses and sun glasses. Anthony Aiden Opticians has brought high-end optical eyewear to the forefront of fashion and introduced New York's East Village to brands such as Oliver Peoples, Paul Smith, Mykita, Dita glasses, Ic! Berlin, Barton Perreira, Mosley Tribes, Bevel eyewear, Lindberg glasses, Salt Optics eyewear and much more for over two decades. We also carry more competitively priced lines of eyewear you love such as Modo eyewear, Intrigue glasses, and Ray Bans, to accomodate most anyone. We also carry children's glasses. Our staff of licensed opticians and stylists, will help walk you through the process of finding a frame and answer any questions you have about choosing prescription lenses. Whether you are looking to buy prescription eye glasses, prescription sun glasses, prescription reading glasses, distance glasses, driving glasses, glare free glasses, hi–index glasses, progressive eye glasses, bi–focal glasses, polarized prescription glasses, plano polarized sunglasses, prescription sports goggles. We can provide custom tinting to make your own special pair of one of–a–kind sunglasses. We have everything you need all under one roof. Our Board certified Optometrists can perform full, comprehensive optical exams, fit you for contact lenses, provide eye glass prescriptions, write contact lens prescriptions, perform DMV tests and check the full health of your eyes, as well as answer any optical health questions. We only carry the highest quality prescription lens types available on the market, but can always make helpful suggestions to meet any budget. Varilux Progressive Lenses, Crizal Alize Anti Reflective Coated lenses, 1.74 Index Thin Lenses, Polarized Lenses, Transition Lenses, Polycarbonate Lenses, and many others, just to name a few. We provide all the services you need to maintain your glasses over time such as eye glass adjustments, eye glass repairs, even new services such as eye glass frame reproduction. We also now accept most major vision insurance plans such as Blue Choice, Vision Choice One, EyeMed and Davis Vision, and our list is growing. Come in for a consutation of what we can do for you, or just come in and try our selection. We are known for our "no pressure" sales by the Zagat Ratings Guide. Glasses are easy to try on and doesn't require removing your clothes!