Gem Spa

The humble egg cream ($2.50), a mixture of chocolate syrup (the purists demand Fox’s U-Bet), milk and soda water, lives on at Gem Spa, a ramshackle bodega on the corner of St. Marks and 2nd Ave. Read more

Obscured by stalls selling hats, piercings, and all the things you don't really need, pop in to Gem Spa for the chocolate egg cream; no egg, just a drink of frothy seltzer, milk, and chocolate syrup.

It really is the best egg cream. It's weird that the best egg cream is there, otherwise a typical magazine stand...it's almost like Boogie Nights: an otherwise ordinary...

Come here for the egg creams!

You have to get the egg cream! Delicious

The sunglass vendor loves to haggle--don't offend him by not bargaining.

Stop here for a New York classic--Egg Creams! No, there are no eggs involved. Where do you think they got there name?

cheap and surprisingly good coffee

Best egg cream in the village... by far!

Chocolate Egg Cream: $2.50

Egg cream!

Quite literally the best egg cream in NYC.

Fizzy Egg Cream

Best Egg Cream in the city, hands-down!

Best egg cream in the world

Not the best egg cream any more :(