I am looking for an electronic copy of an article from the past year
in the New Yorker (the magazine) on Shopson's Corner Store, a
restaurant on Bedford Street in Manhattan.

Hello.

Here's your article:
"Don't Mention It," by Calvin Trillin, The New Yorker, 4/15/02
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020415fa_FACT

search strategy: shopson's restaurant, shopsin's restaurant
I hope this helps.

You did it!  Thanks very much.  I was mispelling the name, you're
right.  I couldn't find where on the New Yorker site you can search
for archived articles, and you did.  If you have a second, please send
advice for future reference to Jglueck@site59.com.  Thanks!