Russ & Daughters made this video for The Great GoogaMooga. Watch it. Visit us in the shop. Then, join us on May 19 and 20 in Prospect Park for The Great GoogaMooga. We’ll be hand-slicing bagels and lox, and serving babka and Beet & Lemon Shrub too, at our stand, and we’ll present A Taste [...]

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DOWNLOAD PDF In collaboration with James Cohan Gallery, Russ & Daughters is pleased to present the exhibition Videobytes, an installation of video and film works shown in a continuous loop 24-hours a day, seven days a week in the Russ & Daughters storefront window. The presentation will run from Friday, November 4th to Sunday, December [...]

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Join the Russ & Daughters family and Calvin Trillin for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOSHING: A Benefit for the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation. Support the great work of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation in an evening of noshing with Calvin Trillin (legendary author, long-time Village resident, dear friend of the Russ family) [...]

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After you’ve visited Russ & Daughters at The New Amsterdam Market on Sunday, July 17, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. (see this New York Times “Diner’s Journal” post for more details), we have the perfect plan for your Sunday night as well: at 8:00 p.m., watch Russ & Daughters’ extended family member Eden Grinshpan [...]

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Join us for the traditional first taste of the famed New Catch Holland Herring – ”Hollandse Nieuwe” – at the Russ & Daughters counter starting June 7. Enjoy the herring on the spot, pick some up to take them home, or have Russ & Daughters deliver to your door, throughout New York City and nationwide. [...]

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Join Russ & Daughters tonight for a “Tenement Talk” at the Tenement Museum. This evening’s program is: Lower East Side Eats: BabyCakes, Clinton Street Baking Company, and Russ & Daughters. The museum wrote: “From traditional to trendy, this series of food programs is devoted to the rich edible traditions of our neighborhood. This installment features [...]

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New York Magazine‘s sixth annual “Reasons to Love New York” issue came out right in the middle of the holiday rush, so we haven’t had a chance to post until now. They said, “Six years into anatomizing our love for the city, there is still no shortage of things to feel good about in this [...]

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Last week we held a celebration in honor of Herman Vargas and his 30 years (and counting!) at Russ & Daughters. Close to 100 people attended. It was a truly special evening full of joy, good humor and spontaneity. We only wish we could have fit all the friends of Russ & Daughters into one [...]

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Today Russ & Daughters will be closing early at 5:30 p.m. for a very special celebration. We will be honoring Herman Vargas on the occasion of his 30 years at Russ & Daughters. Herman started in the store as a 17-year-old peeling onions in the kitchen, and over the years has gone on to become [...]

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Talk about bashert. This past Sunday while biking in the back meadows of Prospect Park, I noticed a curious gathering of musicians, performers, puppets, and leisurely spectators starting to take form. In that serendipitous New York kind of way, little did I know that I had stumbled upon something magical, and it was a mob. [...]

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