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Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery is a bakery and restaurant, located at 137 East Houston Street (between First Avenue and Second Avenue), in the Lower East Side, Manhattan, that has been selling knishes on the Lower East Side since 1890 from its original location on Houston Street.As the Lower East Side has changed over the decades and many of its Jewish residents have departed, Yonah Schimmel's is one of the few distinctly Jewish businesses and restaurants that remain as a fixture of this largely departed culture and cuisine.As cited in The Underground Gourmet, a review of Yonah Schimmel's in a collection of restaurant reviews by Milton Glaser and Jerome Snyder, "No New York politician in the last 50 years has been elected to office without having at least one photograph showing him on the Lower East Side with a knish in his face."HistoryAbout 1890, Yonah Schimmel, a Romanian immigrant, used a pushcart to start his knish bakery. As business grew, a small store on Houston Street was rented by Yonah and his cousin Joseph Berger. When Yonah left the business a few years later, Berger took over the business, retaining the original name. In 1910, the Bergers moved the business to the south side of Houston Street, at its current location. Yonah Schimmel's has been family owned since its inception and is currently operated by Yonah's great nephew, Alex Wolfman.

Address: 137 E Houston St, New York, NY 10002, USA
Phone: (212) 477-2858
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State: New York
Zip Code: 10002


Opening Hours

Monday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Thursday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Friday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Sunday: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM


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Reviews
One World, One taste, One knish! Only one?! I really love this bakery! Stop and taste the original Yonah Schimmel Knishes! This is the Jewish street food snacks! In this historic bakery I had the flavour of the amazing sweet blueberry jam knishes, the best I have ever tasted! So good, really fantastic! This's genuine and authentic food, and I think no place makes better knishes! Salt or sweet, potato knish is the classic way.
8 years ago (02-11-2017)
The BEST place to get a truly authentic Knish. I love this place, because it's so small and personal. You can really tell that it's been using the exact same recipe for a century, being made by the same people.
7 years ago (09-01-2018)
Best knish! Grab a seat, get a coffee, and take in the history. Sweet and savory options. The red cabbage is my favorite.
7 years ago (24-01-2018)
This place is great for dessert I had the Apple knish amazing my boyfriend had the chocolate he loved it definitely a neighborhood staple and it's also a landmark so you definitely have to go get a famous knish
7 years ago (28-01-2018)
Yummy Knish. Never tried one before. Also sad to hear this place is running when it's the only place in NYC that makes them in house rather than a factory. A must try to keep this place going.
7 years ago (30-12-2017)
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