Shopping · East Village and the Lower East Side

Russ & Daughters

Name: Russ & Daughters
Address: 179 East Houston Street, New York, United States

Russ & Daughters is an appetizing store on East Houston Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side, founded in 1914 and run by the same family for four generations.

Why it matters

Included as the appetizing store that gave the category its clearest surviving example, and for a shop interior largely unchanged since 1940.

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Sources & verification

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Not verified: opening hours, admission prices and access rules. These change frequently and we have not checked them, so this page does not state them. Check the official website before travelling.

The business operates several premises in New York. This record is the original shop at 179 East Houston Street; its cafe on Orchard Street and its 34th Street counter are separate premises and are not covered here.

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