Kossar's Bialys
357 Grand Street | also 363 Grand Street, 375 Grand Street, 359 Grand Street | Lower East Side | built 1960
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- 1936
Isadore Mirsky and Morris Kossar open a bialy bakery on Clinton Street
Mirsky and Kossar's, the bakery that became Kossar's Bialys, was founded in 1936 by Isadore Mirsky and Morris Kossar at 145 Clinton Street. Bialy baking was then a real trade on the Lower East Side, with its own union and an owners' group called the Bialy Bakers Association. The bakery later moved to this corner of Grand and Essex Streets.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1961
A union dispute and a fire push Kossar's from Clinton Street to Grand and Essex
In the early 1960s the bakery left 145 Clinton Street for its present corner at Grand and Essex Streets. According to Wikipedia, the move followed a dispute with the bakers' union and a fire that destroyed the Clinton Street building. The bakery remains at that corner today.
“…moved to its current location at Grand and Essex Streets in the early 1960s after a union dispute and subsequent fire destroyed the building…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1998
Morris Kossar's son-in-law and daughter sell the bakery to two couples
In 1998 Daniel and Gloria Kossar Scheinin, the son-in-law and daughter of founder Morris Kossar, sold the business. The buyers were Juda and Debra Engelmayer and Daniel and Malki Cohen. Morris Kossar had founded the bakery in 1936.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2013
New owners Evan Giniger and David Zablocki buy Kossar's and drop its kosher status
Evan Giniger and David Zablocki bought the bakery from the Engelmayers and Cohens in 2013. They upgraded the shop, expanded the menu, and stopped operating as a kosher business. The bakery has long employed many women from the Philippines as cashiers, along with workers from other countries, and many have stayed for decades.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2022
Kossar's Bagels & Bialys opens its first branch beyond the Lower East Side, at Hudson Yards
Kossar's began opening more shops in July 2022 with a store at 530 West 30th Street in Hudson Yards. Branches followed on York Avenue in 2023, West 72nd Street in 2024 and West End Avenue in 2025. By July 2025 there were four additional Manhattan locations beyond the original on Grand Street.
“Beginning in 2022, Kossar's Bagels & Bialys expanded beyond its original Lower East Side location ... Hudson Yards (530 West 30th Street) – Opened July 2022…”
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- Kossar's BialysWikipedia
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