[wahnfrieden]

Anyone know a good olive oil obtainable in NYC?

(I'd rather not pay huge shipping fees for some of the other things listed here.)

[bradleyjg]

If you are okay with Greek olive oil (and you probably should be) go over to Astoria and visit one of the Greek supermarkets.

E.g. http://www.titanfoods.net/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store...

Actual Italian immigrants are scare on the ground these days, so I'm not convinced you'd see anything particularly unique in e.g. the Arthur Avenue section of the Bronx. But I could be wrong.

[lhc-]

I think there's a store in Chelsea Market (my brother lives there and sent me some OO) called the Filling Station which has some nice choices. I can't speak to the veracity of their origin, but that place will have a lot of choices and you will be able to get a very peppery, very strong oil (I am a big fan of Hojiblanca if you see it, but anything toward the more peppery end is my preference).

[jseliger]

The Union Square Whole Foods has a good selection. See also this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6162695.