Put it in your mouth

Now that so many Korean groceries are being displaced by upscale stores and gentrification, not to mention demolition of old buildings to make way for new ones, there is only *ONE* store that I know of that sells ika shiokara here in New York. (I checked the Japanese sections of several grocery stores in Chinatown--where I didn't see *any* shishamo, although I did find a few brands of nattō.)

So, I need to take the somewhat out-of-my-way subway ride to the Upper East Side to Katagiri. When I double-checked their address on their Web site, I saw that they have been in the same location for 101 years!
I am just so grateful that in this city that is constantly tearing itself apart some continuity somehow survives.