Without a physical storefront, Romanian immigrant Yonah Schimmel first sold his knishes using a pushcart around New York’s Lower East Side. As business grew, he established his bakery on Houston Street in the 1890s. Yonah Schimmel Knishes has since been a neighborhood fixture, despite the changes on the Lower East Side over the decades.
Today, Yonah Schimmel still makes knishes the traditional way—hand-wrapping a potato or kasha (buckwheat grain) filling with a thin layer of dough before baking. Now for this first time since opening in 1910, Yonah Schimmel is shipping their iconic knishes nationwide from their original Lower East Side shop. Take up to 25% off your order today and schedule it to arrive whenever you’d like.
