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Kossar's Bialys (Kossar's Bialystoker Kuchen Bakery) located at 367 Grand Street (and Essex Street), on the Lower East Side in
The bialy gets its name from the "Bialystoker Kuchen" of Białystok, in present-day
In 2013, Evan Giniger and David Zablocki purchased the bakery from the Engelmayers and Cohens. After the sale, the new owners made a number of upgrades and changes to the store, including expanding the menu and making the decision to no longer operate as a kosher establishment.
Official website
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Manhattan
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, New York City, is the oldest bialy bakery
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in the United States
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Background
The bialy gets its name from the "Bialystoker Kuchen" of Białystok, in present-day Poland
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. Polish Jew
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ish bakers who arrived in New York City
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in the late 19th century and early 20th century made an industry out of their recipe for the mainstay bread rolls baked in every household.
History
Kossar's Bialys, originally known as Mirsky and Kossar's when Isadore Mirsky and Morris Kossar founded it in 1936, is one of the few remnants of what was once its own industry in New York City with its own union association, the Bialy Bakers Association, Inc. Originally located on Clinton Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side, Kossar's Bialys moved to its current location atGrand
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and Essex Streets in the early 1960s after a union dispute and subsequent fire destroyed the building.
Juda Engelmayer, Debra Engelmayer, Daniel Cohen, and Malki Cohen purchased the bakery from Morris Kossar's son-in-law and daughter, Daniel and Gloria Kossar Scheinin in 1998.
In 2013, Evan Giniger and David Zablocki purchased the bakery from the Engelmayers and Cohens. After the sale, the new owners made a number of upgrades and changes to the store, including expanding the menu and making the decision to no longer operate as a kosher establishment.
In popular culture
Kossar's Bialys was the starting point for former ''New York Times''food critic
The terms food critic, food writer, and restaurant critic can all be used to describe a writer who analyzes food or restaurants and then publishes the results of their findings. While these terms are not strictly synonymous they are often used int ...
Mimi Sheraton
Mimi Sheraton (born Miriam Solomon; February 10, 1926) is an American food critic and writer.
Family and education
Sheraton's mother, Beatrice, was described as an excellent cook and her father, Joseph Solomon, as a commission merchant in a wh ...
's research for her 2002 book, ''The Bialy Eaters: The Story of a Bread and a Lost World.''
Kossar's Bialys is on the Lower East Side and Lower Manhattan tour circuit.
See also
* Bialystoker SynagogueReferences
External links
Official website
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