Sahadi's is a shop in
Brooklyn
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. The business was established in Manhattan in the 1890s, and relocated to Brooklyn in 1941. In 2017, Sahadi's was named one of "
America's Classics
Since 1998, the James Beard Foundation has awarded the title of America's Classics to multiple restaurants. The award focuses on family-owned restaurants across the country that have been operating for at least a decade. According to the ''Washin ...
" by the
James Beard Foundation Awards
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.
According to their website, the shop was first founded in mid-1890s, in Manhatten's Little Syria neighborhood, by Lebanese immigrants. According to an article written by the New York Times a few years later, it sold: wines and liqueurs, embroidered goods, water pipes, lamps, glass bracelets, and groceries.
Christine Sahadi Whelan, one of the current operators of the shop, has written an award-winning cookbook, ''Flavors of the Sun.''
See also
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List of James Beard America's Classics
Since 1998, the James Beard Foundation has awarded the title of America's Classics to multiple restaurants. The award focuses on family-owned restaurants across the country that have been operating for at least a decade. According to the ''Washin ...
External Links
Official website: https://sahadis.com/.
References
1890s establishments in New York City
America's Classics winners
Brooklyn
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