03/06/08

Great Bagel and Bialys

by bobbyhorn

My father was a baker. He worked at some of the best bakery's in NY. There Bagels and Bialy's remide me of what he baked.

12/12/07

Family tradition kept alive

by kossarneice

Hello. I am one of Morris Kossar's neices. I was just a baby when my father, Morri's brother-in-law, and my mother used to go to the bakery to assist. I remember growing up with onion boards hot out of the oven, long bags of bialys and tubs of butter to eat them with. I am close to the Kossars to this day as they are my family and I hope the owners now keep my uncle's tradition of hard work and the best of the best going for all to remember.

12/29/06

Shame on the new owners!

by robert000

Who are all these people writing about how wonderful these "Kossar" bialys are? Last night I bought a dozen, believing them to be, as they always were, the best in the city -

Arguably the best in the country ...... well, NOT ANY MORE! They are tiny, doughy, tasteless and not worth the calories. The consensus among those who ate one was-

NO WAY THESE WERE KOSSARS!. Sure enough, I just read that Kossar was no longer the owner. Doh! What a surprise. Save your money! Buy some English muffins.

11/30/06

Awesome bagels

by pattimayonnaise

These guys have the best bagels in the city. Not too pricey either, they can also do large orders. Highly recommended!

• Pros: great bagels and bialys
• Cons: no seating available

11/18/06

Best Bialy

by jin_rummy

The best bialy I've ever had. If I lived closer I'd be there all the time. Nothing beats their bialys. Love the place and the warm bialys cant be beat.

06/11/06

Seriously great bialys

by christophergirl

The bagels and bialys are fabulous. Sometimes annoying that it's closed on Saturdays, and that the space seems kind of grungy, but if you can score one of the benches outside it's nice to eat outside the shop. They sell Tuv Taam cream cheese too!

• Pros: delicious, great cream cheese, inexpensive
• Cons: grungy, far, closed Saturdays

10/28/05

ADMIRER FROM CALIFORNIA

by jvalinch

After several visits to Manhattan, I finally was fortunate enough to experience the pleasure of Kossar's bialy's. Although they are in the bagel family, these tasty dough based morsels have a depression in the middle filled onion, garlic or poppy seeds. Kossar's is the last bialy baker in Manhattan and worth the logisitcs of finding. This is Old World baking at it's best originating from Bialystok Poland. The bakery harkens back to "Old Manhattan". Please be sure to visit this historic venue before they lose their lease and it's taken over by the " upteenth" yuppie bar.

• Pros: great food, good service, historic
• Cons: geography

08/14/03

The bagel's close cousin stars at this New York classic.

by Contributor

The Scene
On the far eastern edge of Grand Street lies Kossar's Bialystoker Kuchen Bakery--or Kossar's as it's commonly known--a legendary operation that dates back to 1927. Kossar's is strictly a to-go operation, but don't be surprised if you wind up lingering to watch the flour-covered bakers go about the endless work of shuttling giant wooden trays of dough in and out of the oven.


The Food
The bialys at Kossar's are nothing short of a baking marvel. The warm bialy experience is one of those quintessential culinary experiences that every New Yorker should enjoy at least once. The first taste sensations are textural--of lightness, softness and an airy center--and eventually give way to a stronger current of dark and charry taste. Impossibly sweet bits of onion sprinkled on top linger to the finish.

01/11/03

I want ONE NOW!

by shelleyre

Tasty, soft, Garlicky, oniony, Warm & oh so delightful. A real treat. Keep them in your freezer .

• Pros: tasty, aroma, warm
• Cons: location

01/06/03

A Lower Manhattan Gem

by blatantdream

I come all the way here from Brooklyn, taking 2 trains just to come here to get the bagels and bialys this place has. I usually buy a dozen at a time and finish them in 3 or 4 days (and I'm a tiny person, weighing only 95lbs). I've been buying from Kossar's since I was a little girl. My favorite is their plain bialys. I take them home and when I am ready to eat them, I pop them in the microwave for 20 seconds and I indulge in their heavenly goodness. The bagels are a perfect texture and softness and stays soft for days. I take all my friends here and they all love it too.

• Pros: fresh daily, inexpensive, great taste
• Cons: far from where I live