(Chili-pepper party lights)
PARTY CITY
Party City at 38 W. 14th Street (212-744-9000, partycity.com) is an amazing wonderland of cheap, themed crap from China. Think of a holiday and they usually cover it well. Cinco de Mayo? Themed banners, straw hats and pinatas. Superbowl Sunday? Matching plates and napkins, football candles and more banners. They have an extensive tiki section, as well. Who knew that so many New Yorkers liked to throw tiki parties? They have small helium cannisters for blowing up mylar balloons and extensive selections of color-matched paper plates, cups and plastic knives and forks. Under no circumstances should you trust the website. As the one smart employee told me in his Southern drawl, "We have a lot on the website that we don't have in stores." At the Manhattan store, they must beat the staff regularly, because they are a pretty sullen bunch.
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