Where can I purchase fresh mozarella in Manhattan other than Balduccis? I will be staying near Macys and Penn station. Thanks

My favorite place to buy it is DiPalo on the corner of Grand and Mott Streets in Little Italy. Another top place is Joe's Dairy in Soho on Sullivan Streets between Houston and Prince. Uptown, Agata and Valentina, on First Avenue and 79th Street. I buy lots of this product and I have found these places to have the best quality; the cheese is made fresh on premises daily, unlike the cheese sold at places like Whole Foods.

If you're in Grand Central Station you can also get it there at Grand Central Market.

Yes, Murray's Cheese has a small shop in Grand Central but they buy it from Joe's Dairy and it is not as fresh as at the other places I mentioned.

You guys are great-Thanks!

grand centrals cheese isn't so great, murrays will probobly have a better selection.

There's a Whole Foods at 7th ave & 25 st.

The cheese shop in Grand Central is a branch of Murray's. I do not recommend that, or Whole Foods, if you are looking for the freshest mozzarella.

If you take a quick train ride to Hoboken, NJ you will find the best Moozarella ever at Vito's on 8th and Washington St. Hoboken is a nice town to visit anyway with spectacular views of NYC.

Near Penn Station you should go to Manganaro's on Ninth Avenue between 37th and 38th.

http://www.manganarosheroboy.net/

Ceriello has fresh mozarella at Grand Central Market.

This suggestion is a bit out of your way, but I think it's worth it! If you are going to be in the East Village, there is a little shop with only Italian provisions on 11th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues (nearer to 1st Ave.) called Russo's. It's tiny, but it has the best fresh mozarella anywhere, IMHO. They also get great fresh semolina bread. And it's right next door to Veniero's and around the corner from Di Robertis if you want old school Italian cookies or pastries.

Check out DiPalo's on Grand Street. They make their own right behind the counter.

I know that there are some stores (DiPalo?) that imports them daily from Italy.

I'm thinking of the REAL buffalo mozzarella. Not the ones that are made behind the counter with cow's milk.

Anybody here knows where in NYC metropolitan area?

DiPalo's imports the real thing as well. Read this:
http://www.ericademane.com/05spr/cheeses.html

Buonitalia in Chelsea Market; the Fairway on Broadway and 75th Street; Citarella all carry imported bufala mozzarella. Zabars on Broadway and 80th Street, too.

Bufala mozzarella is easy to find although I doubt if any shop gets delivery every day. Ideal Cheese and Agata and Valentina are two East Side sources.
As I wrote earlier, DiPalo is THE place to buy fresh cow's milk mozzarella; many other places carry it but few of these places make it fresh every day. You need to eat it before it has been refrigerated to enjoy the cheese at its peak. At DiPalo it is kept on the counter. I would rather eat DiPalo's freshly made cow's milk mozz than the imported bufala, mainly because the bufala cannot be as fresh.

I love Russo's, and that whole tiny area for Italian eats.

As for real "bufala" from Italy? Fuhggedahbahtit.

Mutzie should NOT be refrigerated before eaten. Turns into rubber. Any imported mutzie has been refrigerated. Use it to play tennis.

When you're home, it's really very easy (and cheaper)to make fresh mozzarella yourself. You just need to buy the curd.(I get mine from Italian deli for less than half of fresh mozz price)Cut up the curd, put it in water as hot as you can possibly take(using vinyl gloves helps) and work the curd until soft and smooth. I usually change the water or add some more hot water if I'm making a large batch.(keep tea kettle heating next to you) Generally you make balls,braids,or logs. Drop into iced water after shaping. Store it in water( sea or kosher salted water adds flavor)and change the water every day or two. Also easy to flatten it out like a pizza dough and top w/ proscuito, fresh basil,roasted peppers,sundried tomatoes...etc roll it like a log and wrap it in plastic wrap before putting in cold water..wrap in aluminum when cold...don't store rolls in water,though.

Thanks for taking time to post the recipe, Kir. Will keep it in mind but here in NY it is so easy to find great fresh mozzarella at places such as DiPalo. One thing I wonder about is how long it is possible to keep it unrefrigerated? I often do not finish the whole ball the same day on which it is made; I refrigerate the unused portion and the difference between one-day-old and fresh in staggering....