YONAH SCHIMMEL KNISH BAKERY

  Awedome fresh knishes, potato, kasha, spinach. Fruit knishes as well, Blueberry and cheese, cherry and cheese.Over 100 years making delicious knishes.

  Randomly stopped to try their knish.. tried the blueberry, apple, spinach, and jalapeño.
The blueberry was fresh from the oven and was by far the favorite. The apple was good, but not as good as blueberry!  The jalapeño fell short of expectations, but the spinach was a good choice.
Definately will stop again and again.

  OK -- I'm an idiot.

When we visited our daughter in NYC last month, we stayed at Sixty LES, right around the corner from Yonah Schimmel's. We walked by several times while we were there and I was intrigued by the obvious history exuding from the place. But the bakery didn't open until I think 11AM, and we always walked by before that.

So, I passed Yonah Schimmel's by, and I regret that deeply. I didn't know what I didn't know.

The good news is that Yonah Schimmel's knishes are available nationwide via Goldbelly. A week or two after we returned from NYC, I realized my mistake, and I placed an order for an assorted dozen (potato, kasha, spinach, broccoli, mushroom). They arrived the day after they were baked.

Oh. My. God. It was love at first bite.

I am now officially a knish k-nut. My favorite? Kasha, but they are all really good -- and the varieties I've been ordering are all vegan, which is a BIG plus in my book.

In fact, I liked them so much that I bought another 18 last week (kasha, mushroom), and had a half-dozen assortment shipped to one of my clients in Connecticut. He loved them -- brought back good memories of growing up in Brooklyn.

Anyway, next time we visit our daughter in NYC, we'll be camping out at Yonah Schimmel's. Until then, looks like Goldbelly will be my lifeline to the best knishes anywhere.