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Kossar’s Bialys & Bagels Grand St near Essex founded in 1936 and is known for their freshly baked bialys, which are chewy, flat, round rolls with a slightly depressed center.
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is the oldest remaining bialy bakery in the United States.
Our visit: youtu.be/OeLlAil8F_s
Continuing our week celebrating Jewish-owned NYC businesses in honor of Hanukkah which is being celebrated this week, we are highlighting Gertel’s Bakery in the Lower East Side. This #Jewish bakery was owned by Abe Stern and specialized in homemade rugelach, challah bread, and hamantaschen. Sadly, the bakery was forced to close when the building was sold to a developer who knocked it down to build a luxury eight-story condo. Not visible in this photo was their overhanging #neon sign (swipe left for 2nd photo) which luckily was saved and moved to their wholesale business in Brooklyn. We also wished that this great #handpainted #signage with the #script lettering was also saved. Photo from 2004 taken with 35mm film appears in our book, "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York".
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