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"ONE OF THE 10 BEST NEW RESTAURANTS IN NEW YORK"![]()
"A sit-down branch of the century-old Russ & Daughters appetizing business arrived this year, and not a minute too soon." - Pete Wells
Russ & Daughters Cafe opened in 2014, on the 100th anniversary of Russ & Daughters — the world-famous appetizing store and New York City institution. After a century in which generations of customers patiently waited in line at the store; it was time to give everyone a place to sit down.
Friday-Sunday 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
CLOSED Thursday 10/3 for Rosh Hashanah and Saturday 10/12 for Yom Kippur.
No reservations - just walk-in!
The cafe location is for sit down dining. (Sorry, no takeout.)
Please visit one of our retail locations.
127 Orchard Street
New York, New York 10002
CONTACT
PHONE 212.475.4880 ext 2 EMAIL cafe@russanddaughters.com
EVENTs
Russ & Daughters Cafe has hosted a variety of private events including weddings, cocktail parties, holiday celebrations, corporate events, family gatherings, business meetings, and birthdays. To discuss an event, please email cafe@russanddaughters.com and provide as much detail as possible about what you have in mind. We don’t have a separate party room, so all events require full buy-out of the restaurant, which can accommodate a maximum of 68 guests.
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Treat someone special to a meal from Russ & Daughters — a taste of NYC!
Russ & Daughters gift cards can be sent digitally via e-mail or shipped.
Russ & Daughters gift cards can be used in person at all Russ & Daughters locations. (However, cards purchased before 11/24/18 are location-specific.)
For assistance with gift cards, please email: giftcards@russanddaughters.com
Our HISTORY: we’re old!
The original storefront on 179 E. Houston St. undergoing renovations.
The daughters from left: Hattie, Joel Russ (founder and father), Ida and Anne.
Russ & Daughters Cafe at 127 Orchard St. Est. 2014.
Russ & Daughters Brooklyn (est. 2019) is located at 141 Flushing Ave. It includes our bakery, a retail counter, and nationwide shipping facility.
Russ & Daughters 34th St. at 502 W. 34th St. in Manhattan. Est. 2023.
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 179 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! We opened another retail counter and our own Jewish bakery, where customers can watch how we craft NY-style bagels, babkas, and other traditional treats. Our Brooklyn location is also our nationwide shipping hub.
2023
Hudson Yards welcomed Russ & Daughters 34th St. The new 4,500-sq. ft. location at 502 West 34th Street, on the corner of 34th Street and Tenth Avenue, provides an immersive appetizing experience that celebrates our roots in the Lower East Side and the innovative spirit of New York. A glass encased bakery lets you watch how our bagels and bialys are made. There’s also an appetizing counter and seat-yourself dining area to enjoy our food in comfort.
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.
WHAT IS APPETIZING?
“Appetizing” is a Jewish food tradition that is most typical among American Jews, and it is particularly local to New York and New Yorkers. The word “appetizer” is derived from the Latin “appete,” meaning "to desire, covet, or long for.” Used as a noun, “appetizing” is most easily understood as "the foods one eats with bagels.” Its primary components are a variety of smoked and cured salmon, homemade salads, and cream cheeses.
Eastern European Jews started meals with cold appetizers, known in Yiddish as the “forshpayz.” In New York, the popularity of forshpayzn among Eastern European Jewish immigrants led to the creation of the institution known as the appetizing store.
Appetizing also originated from Jewish dietary laws, which dictate that meat and dairy products cannot be eaten or sold together. As a result, two different types of stores sprang up in order to cater to the Jewish population. Stores selling cured and pickled meats became known as delicatessens, while shops that sold fish and dairy products became appetizing stores.
In New York City, until the 1960’s, there were appetizing stores in every borough and in almost every neighborhood. On the Lower East Side alone there were, at one point, thirty appetizing shops. Though one of the last of its kind, Russ & Daughters is committed to preserving and promoting this important food culture. So, now that you know, please don’t call us a deli!
To be literal, the dictionary definition of “appetizing” is, “appealing to the appetite especially in appearance or aroma; also, appealing to one's taste.” And that applies to Russ & Daughters as well.