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Yonah Schimmel Knishery

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137 E. Houston St., New York, NY 10002
nr. First Ave.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-477-2858 Send to Phone

  • Reader Rating:

    7.5 out of 10

      |  

    2 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Price Range: ($$) Mid-Range
  • Type: Gourmet Marketplace
  • Products & Services: Bagels/Donuts, Gourmet Shops/Produce
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Photo by Lauren Klain Carton

Official Website

yonahschimmel.com

Hours

Sun-Thu, 9am-7pm; Fri-Sat, 9am-10pm

Nearby Subway Stops

F, V at Lower East Side-Second Ave.

Payment Methods

American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

Product Guide

Gourmet

  • Bagels/Donuts
  • Gourmet Shops/Produce

Profile

Yonah Schimmel was an immigrant rabbi who sold his wares from a Lower East Side pushcart before opening this modest spot in 1910. From all appearances, not much has changed since then. Still run by his family, the shop turns out soft, handmade knishes that continue to be cooked in the basement brick oven; a dumbwaiter transports the fresh-baked mounds to the shabbily-nostalgic dining room. Noshers can choose from eight savory potato blends, Eastern-European standards kasha and cabbage, new world innovations like mixed-veggie and broccoli. Five sweet-cheese mixes like blueberry and apple are wrapped in the yeasty dough, as well as bagels, kugel, latkes, and a hefty bowl of borscht. Many movie-goers love the knishery's proximity to the Landmark Sunshine Theater, so much so that they'll forgo Sno-Caps for fist-sized treats to go. Yet there’s definitely an advantage to staying and truly experiencing a relic of the neighborhood's rapidly-vanishing Jewish past. — Kathleen Squires

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50% Would you go back?
Quality: 7.5
Service: 9.5
Selection: 8.0
Value: 7.0

gritty but satisfying bare bones knish experience

fleabaguette from 90210 | Posted on 12/23/08

Overall Rating: 8 (Recommended)
Quality: 8
Service: 10
Selection: 10
Value: 8

excellent knish, especially veg/mushrrom, noodle kugel way too sweet; red cabbage knish not satisfying main review is correct; pretty hard core original hole in wall eatery for one thing, a knish, one is very filling. great with mustard decor is not an issue, very friendly service three bare tables to sit down

So much for the original recipe

KnishKing from 10301 | Posted on 12/10/08

Overall Rating: 7 (Recommended)
Quality: 7
Service: 9
Selection: 6
Value: 6

On their wall you can read the original recipe for a kasha knish. They get it right: no potato filling. On their plates it's another matter. It's a potato-kasha knish. A pure kasha knish can no longer, alas, be found here. So what makes this the "Original Yonah Schimmels"? The floors?

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