Russ & Daughters
Best Appetizing Shop in New York · NY
Smoked fish and bagels from the same family since 1914.
Russ & Daughters has been selling "bagels & lox since 1914," when Joel Russ turned a herring pushcart into a Lower East Side appetizing shop. When he made his three daughters full partners, he renamed it Russ & Daughters — believed to be the first American business to put "& Daughters" on the sign — and four generations of the family have run it since.
"Appetizing" is the old Jewish-American art of the things you eat with bagels: hand-sliced smoked and cured fish, cream cheeses, caviar, and babka. The tiny Houston Street counter still does it the slow way, by hand.
The family has since added a sit-down café, a Brooklyn shop and nationwide shipping, but the 1914 storefront remains a New York landmark — and the 2025 Centurion Award winner.
What they're known for
- Hand-sliced smoked salmon & lox
- Bagels & bialys
- Caviar and classic appetizing
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2025 Centurion Award
Best Appetizing Shop in New York New York, NY · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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