Appetizing since 1914
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NY's Bagel & Lox Legends
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Family-Owned
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4 Generations
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Appetizing since 1914 - NY's Bagel & Lox Legends - Family-Owned - 4 Generations -
About
if you know, you know.
Russ & Daughters is a family-owned culinary icon, world-famous for the highest-quality appetizing foods: smoked fish, caviar, bagels, bialys, babka, and more Jewish delicacies.
It all started when…
The story of Russ & Daughters begins in a herring barrel. In 1907, Joel Russ, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, peddled the cured fish from a pushcart until he saved enough to open an appetizing shop in New York’s Lower East Side in 1914. Today, Russ & Daughters remains a culinary icon, world-famous for the highest-quality appetizing foods: smoked fish, caviar, bagels, bialys, babka, and more Jewish delicacies. The original shop on East Houston Street is enshrined as a New York treasure, and reflects four generations of the Russ family’s dedication to excellence, history, and tradition. It is also the first known American business with “& Daughters” in its name.
our history:
We’re old!
Original storefront on 197 East Houston St.
From left: Hattie, Joel Russ, Ida and Anne
Russ & Daughters Cafe, 2014
Russ & Daughters Brooklyn, 2019
1904-1907
Joel Russ, a Jewish immigrant from Strzyzow, Poland, peddled herring from a pushcart in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York.
1914
Russ saved enough to sign a lease for an appetizing shop on Orchard Street.
1920
The appetizing shop moves to its current location on East Houston St.
1933
Joel Russ renamed the business "Russ & Daughters," after his three daughters, Hattie, Ida and Anne. It is the first known American business with “& Daughters” in its name.
2014
Fourth-generation owners and first cousins, Josh Russ Tupper and Niki Russ Federman, opened Russ & Daughters Cafe for sit-down dining.
2019
Brooklyn, here we come! Here, we opened a new retail counter and our own Jewish bakery, where customers can watch how we craft NY-style bagels, babkas, and other traditional treats—while they eat them! Our Brooklyn location is the also our nationwide shipping hub.
Today
Russ & Daughters continues to spread (well, schmear) the delectable tradition of appetizing foods nationwide and to visitors from around the world. The family legacy lives on through fourth-generation owners and cousins, Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper.
