Bed Bath & Beyond

Everything you need to stock your home with basics—All Clad pans, map-emblazoned shower curtains, 400 thread-count linens, alarm clocks—is available at these sprawling, sometimes hard-to-navigate emporiums. Don't fret about finding a cab to haul it home: They deliver anywhere in Manhattan (as well as out to Fire Island and the Hamptons during the summer). -Rebecca Messner