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Yonah Schimmel's Knishes Bakery

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“This is the holy grail for knishes! You have not lived until you have tried a knish at the historic and amazing Yonah Schimmel.” daz9nyc

Cuisine:  Bakery, Knishes
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A spinach knish ($2.50) had the heft of a softball, though it needed more greens to balance that mass of potato. The mushroom and the cabbage I like more; the sweet potato becomes tiresome halfw... Read More
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Hope you all had a super duper delicious Thanksgiving! :) Taken sometime between Thanksgiving dinner and dessert! From left to right: Justin, Jess, Shann, myself, Kelly, Steph, and Marie. (Photo by Marie) Shann and I are hosting five of our friends over this Thanksgiving weekend. Marie and Kelly g... Read More
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NO BETTER KNISH ANYWHERE. It is the single best Knish I have ever had. I stake my name on it. Do not underestimate the soups either! Read More
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The mission: knishes. The spot: Yonah Schimmel's. The verdict: oy, delicious! There's not much that could get me to go outside on a chilly winter's day like today, but I had a knish date with some friends, and that was not to be missed. This tiny knish spot is down on the Lower East Side, and is... Read More
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The crowds have finally died down a bit at showings of Man on Wire at the Landmark Sunshine Theater on Houston Street, so I headed over to finally see it this afternoon. One of my favorite things about this theater is of course its proximity to Yonah Schimmel. As for the movie, if you haven't see... Read More
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If Marcel Proust had been a New York Jew…Photo: Lauren Klain Carton“Show me a man who believes his favorite desserts are those he has eaten as an adult, and I’ll show you a man who had an unhappy childhood.” Alan Richman gets grouchy now and again, but is there anybody working in the food media thes... Read More
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Balthazar 80 Spring St., at Crosby St. (212) 965-1785 This classic French bakery brims with exquisite breads, cakes, pastries and other treats. But the sleeper here is the splendidly moist bread pudding ($4.) Made with the bakery’s own cherry focaccia, this cake can be eaten like a fruit-fille... Read More
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Time Out New York, mirroring our democracy as a whole, chose today to give a statistical snapshot of its readers’ ignorance, prejudice, and general wrongheadedness. Let’s hope Feedbag readers (who are exactly the same people, plus a smattering of industry mandarins) never get exposed in so naked a w... Read More
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Asthmatics, teetotalers, and dieters need not apply.Photo:Hulton Archive/Getty Images Nat Sherman is still fuming about the city’s assault on smoking. Its phone message even takes a dig at the Man: “Your freedom of choice, often denied to you as a smoker, can be exercised here by choosing from the ... Read More
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In a post yesterday about TONY's Essential New York Food Quiz, The Feedbag objects to the description of knish-maker Yonah Schimmel as a "potato-pie pro," wondering: "Are TONY readers really that estranged from their own city that they don't know what a knish is?" Thousands of v... Read More
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