Toasted bagel & lox under the tree? A snack to sneak into a movie? Russ & Daughters is open today — Friday, December 25 — from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. For more information about holiday hours and regular business hours, visit the Russ & Daughters website. And, you can follow Russ & Daughters on [...]

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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 [...]

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We found this gem, from The Lo-Down, a community and neighborhood news blog about the Lower East Side, on Twitter. You can always let us know when you are planning to fly with Russ & Daughters food and we’ll pack your order to travel – either as a carry-on or for you to check in [...]

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It has been less than one year since Russ & Daughters relaunched our website and launched the Lox Populi blog.  We are excited to report that Russ & Daughters was chosen as an “Official Honoree” for the 2009 Webby Awards. “Hailed as the ‘Internet’s highest honor’ by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is [...]

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There we are, in the upper right quadrant of New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix: “Russ & Daughters starts a blog called Lox Populi.” We are honored to be placed at the crossing of Highbrow and Brilliant in the magazine’s “deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.” – Jen Snow

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An update:  all spots have been filled for the upcoming Tenement Tours on Tuesday, November 18. We look forward to a great evening at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and to seeing you at another event soon. For first notice of all Russ & Daughters events, check back in here and sign up to [...]

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Welcome to Lox Populi, the place to head for daily updates about all things related to Russ & Daughters: bits of history, tastes of new treats, recipes, customer stories, traditions, anecdotes, kvetching, and kvelling. But we can’t do it without the lox and we can’t do it without the people. So, please send us your [...]

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Andy Fisher always stands on a small cooler, perched high above the counter, to watch while his orders are sliced. “You need to install TV screens to broadcast the slicing,” he implores. “We could follow different slicers on different screens while we wait! People will tune in at home too!” Another of Andy’s ideas, though, [...]

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In honor of the re-launch of the Russ & Daughters website and the launch of Lox Populi, we invite you and a guest to join us at The Lower East Side Tenement Museum for a free tour and light fare on Tuesday, November 18 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Tours of the tenement will start [...]

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After announcing our blog naming contest, and having the story picked up by New York Magazine‘s Grub Street, hundreds of submissions poured in. Competition proved to be fierce. More than a few candidates sought to gain an upper hand by reminding us that Russ & Daughters had catered their son’s bris, that winning this would [...]

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