Harry & Ida's Meat and Supply Co.
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| Harry & Ida's Meat and Supply Co. | |
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Harry & Ida's Meat and Supply Co. was a smokehouse and delicatessen located in Alphabet City, Manhattan, New York City that operated from 2015 to 2019.[1][2]
History[edit]
It was opened in 2015 by Will Horowitz and his sister Julia Horowitz.[3] The owners also opened a restaurant in Tribeca called Harry and Ida's Luncheonette. Harry and Ida's is named after their grandparents, who owned a delicatessen in Harlem.[4][5]
The shop closed in 2019 because the owners felt selling pastrami wasn't sustainable for the planet.[6][7]
The shop did not offer any seating because it was regulated by the New York Department of Agriculture and not the New York City Department of Health, which oversees restaurants. The Gothamist has written that the rules of the Department of Agriculture allow Will Horowitz to "more fully pursue and experiment with the 'heritage techniques' of smoking, drying, fermentation, and aging that are his current passion."[8]
Pastrami sandwich[edit]
Its pastrami sandwich was considered one of the best in New York.[9][8] It was served on a Pain d' Avignon club roll, instead of the tradition rye bread, with cracked rye berries, anchovy mustard, and buttermilk-fermented cucumber kraut.[1][10][11] Their pastrami was brined with juniper berries and seasoned with coriander and black pepper before being smoked.[12]
Besides pastrami, it also served a smoked eel sandwich (the live eels are butchered and smoked in-house), smoked bluefish and a smoked apricot chicken sandwich with green apple, red cabbage saurkraut, basil, and a charred poblano pepper sourcream seasoned with ras el hanout.
Vegetable-based meats[edit]
It also had vegetarian options including a "vegetarian chopped liver" sandwich made from mushroom-walnut puree and an amaranth quinoa and sorghum grain salad topped with coconut babaganoush and baked tofu.[12][13] In 2019, it added carrot hot dogs, smoked watermelon ham, prosciutto radish, and carpaccio from smoked celery root.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Niarchos, Nichols (2017-10-30). "Harry & Ida's Luncheonette: A Trendy Throwback". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ Hughes, Holly (2016-10-11). Best Food Writing 2016. Da Capo Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-7382-1944-8.
- ^ Rodriguez, Ana M. (2015-07-22). "In the East Village, a New Deli That's Proudly Not Doing Anything New". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "New Kid on the Block: Harry & Ida's Luncheonette". Tribeca Citizen. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ Molla, Rani (6 July 2015), "Harry & Ida's, a Modern Reincarnation of the Jewish Deli", The Wall Street Journal, New York, New York, retrieved 6 February 2018
- ^ Pershan, Caleb (2019-11-11). "Inventive East Village Sandwich Shop Harry & Ida's Is Closing". Eater NY. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ Pershan, Caleb (11 November 2019). "Inventive East Village Sandwich Shop Harry & Ida's Is Closing". Eater. Vox Media. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b Lynch, Scott (2015-09-08). "Harry & Ida's Serves The City's Most Perfect New Pastrami". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ Tuder, Stefanie (2017-09-08). "Acclaimed Pastrami Joins FiDi Lunch Scene Monday". Eater NY. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ Izzo, Christina (2017-01-17). "The best pastrami sandwiches in NYC". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ Gordinier, Jeff (2015-08-25). "The Family Spirit of Harry & Ida's and Ducks Eatery". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ a b Feldman, Zachary (2017-10-30). "Harry & Ida's Luncheonette Is a Delicatessen for Our Hurried, Harried Times". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ Khabiri, Layla (2015-06-10). "Opening Alert: Harry & Ida's Is an Out-There Ode to a 1900s Jewish Deli". Eater NY. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ Carlson, Jen (2019-07-11). "This Hot Dog Is A Carrot!". Gothamist. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- 2015 establishments in New York City
- 2019 disestablishments in New York (state)
- Ashkenazi Jewish culture in New York City
- East Village, Manhattan
- Defunct Jewish delicatessens
- Jewish delicatessens in New York City
- Restaurants disestablished in 2019
- Restaurants established in 2015
- Defunct restaurants in Manhattan
- Ashkenazi Jewish restaurants
- Delicatessens in Manhattan