Lower East Side Walking Food Tour

Spent a few days in NYC (Brooklyn) over

Memorial Day for Charlie's 4th birthday.

Doesn't seem possible that he's already FOUR!

One of our days we went into the city

and took a fabulous walking tour

of the lower east side. 

The other 6 people on our tour

didn't show, so we had our

own personalized tour with Dante.

 

We started out at Yonah Schimmel's

for knishes - they were delicious!

 

 

Bagels on the left - Knishes on the right

 

inside Yonah Schimmel's

 

Dumb waiter filled with knishes

 

another view of the dumb waiter

 

Half our knish....

 

Next on the tour was Russ & Daughter's

for raspberry rugelach

another yummy treat.

Then on to Katz's Deli for

melt in your mouth pastrami.

 

 

 

 

I'm not a rye bread fan normally, but

their rye bread is scrumptious and

the pastrami is melt in your mouth.

 

Next we walked thru the old

tenement area.  There's a tenement museum

that we'll go back and visit on another trip.

 

 

Made a quick stop at a bulk candy store

where all kinds of candy from our

childhood memories abound!

We were the proverbial

kids in the candy store LOL.

 

On to Prosperity Dumplings and

yes, there was a line!

Fabulous pork dumplings

were our next tasty treat.

 

Off to see the Pickle Guy for

a sample of the three different

types of dill pickle......

All sorts of pickled items in the barrels.

 

Next to last we hit Kossar's Bialis.

They are similar to bagels, but

sweeter and have finely diced

sauted onions in the center instead of  hole.

 

Last, but not least - Doughnut Plant.

Had a Tres Leches and a Black Out doughnut.

YUM!

Took home a Crème Brulee doughseed

(smaller round doughnut) for later.....

 

Had a great time on the tour and would

highly recommend it!

 

Hope you enjoyed - I'm sure you're probably hungry now

LOL - I know I am..