Let other people give gift cards to big corporate shops, international megaliths and digital superstores. This is New York. In this town, you can give gift cards with local flavor and a spirited kick. Here are four strong choices of ours, but if you have a local favorite, right around the corner from your home, health club or office, then give that spot your support – and share its name with us on Facebook or Twitter, so that the rest of New York can show them some love, too.

Photo by Brent Cline