– some are new customers, many are regulars, and still others have been coming to the shop for twice the number of years I’ve been alive. The conversations take place over or in front of the counter, in the course of slicing lox, filleting a herring, sharing a piece of babka, or talking on the [...]

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People at Russ and Daughters on Houston Street August 30, 3009. By Jason Polan. From the series “Every Person In New York.”
It seems like every person in New York is at Russ & Daughters this weekend, picking up orders and watching as salmon is sliced at the counter. The shop is open from 9:00 a.m. [...]

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Russ & Daughters: A Taste of Appetizing | August 26, 2009
Astor Center | 399 Lafayette Street | NY, NY | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
For tickets: 212.674.7501 or order online at astorcenter.com
On Wednesday, August 26, 2009, Astor Center will host Russ & Daughters: A Taste of Appetizing, an intimate tasting that will span 100 years of [...]

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The Universal Record Database is a fantastic endeavor to document a lot of very important and very unique records. They say, “What world record are you capable of setting? We believe every person on earth has potential to be the world’s best ’something’. URDB’s mission is to become the database where all such achievements will [...]

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It is exciting that Daniel Boulud is opening DBGB Kitchen & Bar in the neighborhood, on the Bowery, on June 8.  Joshua Russ Tupper was lucky enough to stop by a preview event last night; hear his thoughts and the assesments of other chefs and guests in a podcast posted by The Feedbag and look [...]

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Russ & Daughters: A Taste of Appetizing | May 13, 2009
Astor Center | 399 Lafayette Street | NY, NY | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
For tickets: 212.674.7501 or order online at astorcenter.com
On Wednesday, May 13, 2009, Astor Center will host Russ & Daughters: A Taste of Appetizing, an intimate tasting that will span 100 years of [...]

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Laren Spirer posted a great interview with Niki Russ Federman on Serious Eats.
“The food world is so romanticized these days, but it’s impossible to sustain quality and excellence if you’re not willing to get your hands dirty (or in our case, fishy).”
In the article, accompanied by a photo of her best “fish face,”  Niki talks [...]

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Neil LaBute’s Reason to Be Pretty opens on Broadway tonight.  Taylor Antrim interviewed Piper Perabo, for Men’s Vogue, about her long-awaited Broadway debut:
“With breezy sophistication, she offers critical assessments of the latest New York museum shows, the pace of gentrification on the Lower East Side, and where to get the best pickled herring in the [...]

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Friends and neighbors of Russ & Daughters are up to great things. Here’s a Russ & Daughters To Do List for tonight.

The shiny new 92Y Tribeca presents Comedy 2.0: Video Series on the Web: a panel and clip show moderated by Gabe Delahaye and featuring the creators content for The Burg, Barely Political, College Humor, [...]

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Join Niki Russ Federman TONIGHT at 6:30 p.m. at the Tenement Museum. Niki will talk with photographers James and Karla Murray about their book Storefront: The Disappearing Face of New York.
The Tenement Museum is located at 108 Orchard Street, just below Delancey Street. The event is free and will take place in The Museum Shop, [...]

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