Stand in the notoriously lengthy line, browse the Sunday
Times at your charmingly minute table, and be a part of New York at Barney Greengrass, where the lox is delectably salty and bagels without holes (aka bialys) still exist. Since opening in Harlem in 1908 and moving to the Upper West Side, this family-run institution has brought a century of excellence to Manhattan's borscht-and-latke-loving noshers. Fish for breakfast has never seemed so right as in one of Barney's trademark scrambles - featuring Nova Scotia salmon, sturgeon or lox scrambled with eggs and onions - but you'll also get your pretty penny's worth with a simple bagel and cream cheese.
"A Formica-clad shrine to smoked fish and everything else that defines the dying art of Jewish appetizing ... savor Barney's raison d'etre: the holy trinity of sturgeon, smoked salmon, or Nova scrambled with eggs and onion, with an H&H bagel and cream cheese on the side."
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New York magazineNew York magazine: Critics' Pick
Zagat 2012: 24 food rating (very good to excellent)
Time Out New York: Critics' Pick
The Village Voice: Critics' Pick
Cash only. Beer and wine available. Serving breakfast and lunch Tue-Sun (until 4 pm Tue-Fri, 5 pm Sat-Sun). Closed Mon.
Stand in the notoriously lengthy line, browse the Sunday
Times at your charmingly minute table, and be a part of New York at Barney Greengrass, where the lox is delectably salty and bagels without holes (aka bialys) still exist. Since opening in Harlem in 1908 and moving to the Upper West Side, this family-run institution has brought a century of excellence to Manhattan's borscht-and-latke-loving noshers. Fish for breakfast has never seemed so right as in one of Barney's trademark scrambles - featuring Nova Scotia salmon, sturgeon or lox scrambled with eggs and onions - but you'll also get your pretty penny's worth with a simple bagel and cream cheese.
"A Formica-clad shrine to smoked fish and everything else that defines the dying art of Jewish appetizing ... savor Barney's raison d'etre: the holy trinity of sturgeon, smoked salmon, or Nova scrambled with eggs and onion, with an H&H bagel and cream cheese on the side."
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New York magazineNew York magazine: Critics' Pick
Zagat 2012: 24 food rating (very good to excellent)
Time Out New York: Critics' Pick
The Village Voice: Critics' Pick
Cash only. Beer and wine available. Serving breakfast and lunch Tue-Sun (until 4 pm Tue-Fri, 5 pm Sat-Sun). Closed Mon.