Russ & Daughters is one of New York City’s most enduring and culturally significant food institutions, founded in 1914 on the Lower East Side as a family-run appetizing store rooted in Eastern European Jewish culinary tradition. The business specializes in foods traditionally served with bagels - smoked, cured, and pickled fish, caviar, cream cheeses, and classic accompaniments - representing a category once common in New York but now increasingly rare.