B&H Dairy

New York, United States

4.4

Closed now

24 reviews

Does not accept credit cards

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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
Yes
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
No
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Good For
Breakfast, Lunch
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
No
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
No
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
No
Caters
Yes

Description

Specialties

B&H Dairy opened in 1938 is one of the oldest surviving kosher vegetarian restaurants in New York City. Specialties include home made Eastern European comfort food — blintzes, pierogis, great soups, including vegetarian matzo ball, cabbage rolls + breakfast. We make our own challah bread, a key ingredient in our famous Challah French Toast and crazy popular B&H Tuna Melt. NOTE: B&H no longer takes online delivery orders. Please phone for delivery in the neighborhood.

History

Established in 1938.

B&H Dairy is one of the oldest kosher lunch counters remaining in New York City. It was opened in 1938 by Abie Bergson and Sol Hausman and the interior has changed little since. In 1970, Bergson & Hausman sold the restaurant, which since has had two subsequent owners before being purchased in 2005 by Fawzy Abdelwahed, who runs B&H with his wife Ola.

Located across from The Orpheum Theater (now home to «STOMP»), over the years B&H has fed generations of East Villagers, from hippies, bohemians, NYU students to actors, including Shelly Winters, Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Jack Klugman, and more recently, Nicole Kidman and Helen Mirren.

B&H is true living New York City history. As, Florence Goldberg (daughter of Abie Bergson) told the Vanishing New York blog, «The store was (and still is) more than a place to eat, it was a happy place where friends got together to trade stories about their workday and their families.»