Wells names the spicy house pickles, labneh, hummus, pita and laffa brushed with za’atar in a mouthwatering sequence.
Israeli-inspired Middle Eastern restaurant Shukette (230 9th Ave.), whose name is a riff on the Hebrew and Arabic word “shuk,” meaning market, gets a nod, though Brooklyn-born chef Ayesha Nurdjaja is neither Jewish, Israeli or Arab. “Those are certainly the moments I love food the most, because it’s about the people.” “ I have a big family and we spend a lot of time together around the Jewish holidays, so to me that’s always been a really important time in my life,” Cohen told Life & Thyme in 2016. Barney Greengrass is a restaurant, deli, and appetizing store at 541 Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, started in 1908. is Amanda Cohen’s vegan restaurant Dirt Candy, number 60 on the list, which has been open since 2008. “Seeing the restaurant he founded on this list would kill Kenny Shopsin if he weren’t already dead,” Wells writes. The eponymous diner and its extensive menu was run by the Jewish and famously eccentric Kenny Shopsin from 1973 until his death in 2018. The thick cushions of pita, baked to order, may be better yet.” The food is “as fresh as if you were standing in a market in Tel Aviv.”Īlso mentioned is the Lower East Side’s Shopsin’s General Store, which occupies Stall #8 in Essex Street Market (88 Essex St.). Wells calls Mark’s Off Madison, a bakery and restaurant, a “career retrospective” from Mark Strausman, who once was the chef at Freds at Barneys and Campagna.Īs for Falafel Tanami (1305 East 17th St.), “Your options are basically falafel or sabich,” Wells writes, referring to its fried eggplant and hard-boiled egg sandwich. Nova Scotia Salmon Scrambled with Eggs and Onions.21.00 Sturgeon Scrambled with Eggs and Onions.24.00 Combination of Sturgeon and Nova Scotia Salmon. Matzo Ball chicken soup from Mark’s Off Madison. It’s run by Gary Greengrass, the grandson of Barney and son of Moe (who died at age 84 in 2002), who is in his fifties and has lived on the Upper West Side his entire life.
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