halvah (I much prefer the plain). Staff is friendly although English not so good sometimes. Ask for Alex the manager. Samples are gladly provided; indeed you better ask so as to avoid surprises, such as my whole(unsampled) smoked...

grew up in NYC, you’re going to be dissapointed. But for the rest if us, and if you can’t get down to Katz’s every week, Joan & Ed’s is fine. And don’t forget a nice slice of the marble halvah on the...

'm in the neighborhood, I’ll stop by – eat the free pickles and good cole slaw, maybe have a jumbo (fresser) pastrami on a bulkie (kaiser if your from NYC), drink a little Dr. Brown’s, and take some knishes, a...

anyone been there? someone told me about it but not exactly where it is... cuisine? falafel and schwarma? thanks

, (imagine halvah baked into a heavy, rich, danish)which is one of a kind... Link: http://www.bistrodraw.com

of the thickly dipped chocolate covered halvah while you are there. this place is wild.

the shelves. I escaped with some fresh pistachio halvah and terrifc Estonian bittersweet chocolate. I haven’t seen this many Polish goods since the last time I was in Chicago. And the smoked fish calls out to me even as I...

leaves, also a case of salamis and other meats, and up top some trays of some pastries including rugelach. I think I also saw halvah, but this was not entirely Jewish Russian food. Also caviar, cheeses...sorry I don’t have...

On my way to Dimple for lunch one day, I walked past a little Middle Eastern grocery, on 30th St. just East of 6th (or maybe 7th) Avenue. Very clean, small little store, very nice people. Best halvah I’ve ever eaten!

't as good as at DA. The halvahs are moister and looser and the ice creams usually have that frost edge on top. But who cares? Four of us ate an amazing dinner that, with plenty of beer and a generous tip, came out to less than...

does the old fashioned appetizing storestill exist where they hand slice lox insteadof selling it in vacumn sealed packages. Referingto Bklyn and Queens. The stores I remember alsosold pickles, halvah, bulk farmers cheese....

and the hand cut french fries here are what you’d expect in in a decent deli. Round knishes and Dr. Browns soda complete the experience. There’s often free halvah samples on the way out, an nice touch as you pay the...

their hazelnut and halvah. The mussels at Bistro 7 1/4 are good, but I haven’t had as much luck with other stuff (the other stuff isn’t necessarily bad, but it’s a disappointment compared to the mussels). Sun...

individual cheesecake at Eileens Cheesecake on Kenmare. Halvah at Russ and Daughters Financier at Ceci Cela

This year I made: prune date halvah chocolate strawberry red bean and green tea dough with bean filling The date spread, halvah spread, and chocolate spread came in jars from the local Israeli store and the red bean came out of a can...