In convenience stores, the shelves for foods and bottled water are empty.

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At North End Grill, in Battery Park City, what is normally the most boring item on a menu mixed greens is transformed with an aggressive lime-and-mango-pickle number that begs to be bottled and sold at Whole Foods.

NEWYORKER: North End Grill