Following the 2020 closure of Russ & Daughters inside the Jewish Museum at 1109 5th Avenue by 92nd Street on the Upper East Side, visitors have had no kosher food options to indulge in while on site—that’s all about to change.
Lox Cafe, the kosher eatery that has been operating inside the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown Manhattan since 2016, will take over the uptown institution with a soft opening phase starting this Thursday, November 7, as initially reported by Yeah That’s Kosher.
According to the outlet, the destination, run by chef David Teyf, will be serving a menu similar to the one on offer at the other Lox location.
Highlights include a traditional matzo ball soup, a white fish salad sandwich with tomatoes and cucumbers, poached salmon, red caviar blinis, a whole herring section (the Jewish bento takes 20 minutes to come out but it’s the most inclusive spread available), deviled eggs, lox smoked mini donuts and a ton of different types of salad.
The breadth of culinary offerings specifically focuses on all things lox, obviously. Make sure to indulge in the Lox Five Ways order, which can serve up to four people and includes a selection of all available lox orders served with whipped cream cheese, scallion cream cheese, cucumber, tomato, onion and toasted bread. Yes, it’s a lox fiesta.
Yeah That’s Kosher also reveals that the restaurant’s hours of operation will be the same as the museum’s—minus Fridays and Saturdays. Specifically, you’ll get to eat on site between 11am and 6pm on Sundays and Mondays and on Thursdays from 11am to 8pm.
