Kalustyan's

Kalustyan’s is a shop located at 123 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, that originally sold primarily Middle Eastern spices and foods and, increasingly, an extensive selection of culinary products from around the world.

He was inaugurated President of the United States on an upper floor, and he signed the Civil Service act there.

[4] In the 1920s, about eight thousand Armenians lived in New York City and the center of their community was Lexington Avenue and 23rd Street.

Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral (East 27th Street between Second and Third Avenues) and gold-domed St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral (Second Avenue and 34th Street) still stand in the neighborhood [6] Migration of Indians increased in the late 1960s and 1970s, and Kalustyan's came to be well-regarded as a store for Indian spices.

[9] Kalustyan’s is frequently mentioned by food writers in The New York Times[10] and by celebrity authors such as Martha Stewart,[11] Padma Lakshmi,[12] and Madhur Jaffrey.

Kalustyan's in 1976
The store stocks spices and other ingredients from around the world.