Do you have a longer lunch break on this beautiful day? No work today at all? Stop by for a sandwich. Someone, for example, is about to eat this Super Heebster.
(If you don’t have time to visit for lunch, maybe we’ll see you later. Russ & Daughters is open tonight until 8:00 p.m.)
- Jen Snow

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New Catch Holland Herring

All reports indicate that the Russ & Daughters Herring Pairing with Wylie Dufresne and John Zorn at Astor Center was a great success! Photos, anecdotes, and a ShootBooth slideshow coming soon!

Event photographs: Belathée Photography
Photo booth portraits: ShootBooth

- Jen Snow

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2010’s New Catch Holland Herring season starts today. Join us for the traditional first taste of the New Catch - Hollandse Nieuwe - at the Russ & Daughters counter from 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. New Catch Holland Herring can be purchased at Russ & Daughters individually (two fillets attached at the tail) or in [...]

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We are honored that the Super Heebster was chosen for New York Magazine’s list of “Best Sandwiches in New York.” In this week’s issue, Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld produced an epic survey of sandwiches all over NYC.  At #50, the Super Heebster; they wrote:
#50 Super Heebster: Russ & Daughters
Introduced to a national audience on [...]

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Paper Magazine’s Carol Lee stopped by to “rip up a herring,” or a few herring, actually, with us.
Some of our older customers had taught me that when they were young, it was quite common to ask someone out to “rip up a herring.” The phrase indicated a  sort of joyous sharing, like “breaking bread.” I [...]

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Shavout starts tonight at sundown and the Russ & Daughters kitchen is cooking lots of fresh blintzes, perfect for the occasion. (On this holiday, it is customary to eat dairy food and desserts.)
Stop by Russ & Daughters to pick up our Homemade Blintzes - light crepes filled with a sweet mixture of fresh farmer cheese, [...]

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The benches are back!  After a debacle with a small - yet strong - dog, outdoor seating has returned to the Russ & Daughters’ storefront on East Houston Street, just in time for Spring!  Join us for bagels on the benches.
Catch up on the story, previously on Lox Populi: And the Dog Ran Away with [...]

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The idea: hilarious and helpful.    The technique: sort of gorgeous.  Scanwiches is definitely one of my favorite new blogs.        Their tagline: “Scans of sandwiches for education and delight.”  Scanwiches was created by Jon Chonko, a designer at thehappycorp global.  For the past week, I’ve checked it every day, right around dinner time.
The idea is simple, [...]

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Our “newest employee,” Joseph Vargas, age 7, wrote this post’s headline.  He also submitted an article for me to post on Lox Populi.  Here is his news item, in full:
Boy Eats Herring and Becomes Funny, Active, Smart and Intelligent and Also It Makes Him Look More Like President Barack Obama
By Joseph Vargas
I eat one [...]

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