For Russ & Daughters, 2016 is starting off with a bang. Earlier this month, the Lower East Side appetizing store announced it would be opening a large production facility and retail shop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Now the 102-year-old New York City institution has debuted a new restaurant and takeout shop in the Jewish Museum on the Upper East Side.
The 60-seat kosher restaurant is located on the museum’s lower level. An appetizing counter will open shortly. The decor pays tribute to both the Russ & Daughters shop on East Houston Street as well as the newer Orchard Street cafe. It was designed by Solomonoff Architecture Studio and features a 20-foot mural by artist Maira Kalman, commissioned by the Jewish Museum. It’s made up of 120 vignettes which, according to a press release, reflect “the artist’s appreciation of good food, shared human pleasure, and her sense that Russ & Daughters represents a New York City infused with a sense of character, yearning, and humor.”
The menu includes smoked fish platters, bagels and bialys from the new Brooklyn bakery, knishes, herring, salads, soups, egg creams, cocktails and desserts. Russ & Daughters at the Jewish Museum is open Sunday- Wednesday 11 a.m.- 5:45 p.m.; Thursday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 11 a,m.-4 p.m. Hours will be extended in the not-too-distant future.
The museum is located on 92nd Street at 5th Avenue.
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