photo credit: michael frucht
Since 1935, Mrs. Stahl's served knishes under the El at the corner of Coney Island Ave and Brighton Beach. It's been awhile since I was last there and I went in search of it today. I asked a couple of older Jewish ladies if they knew where I could find it.
"Oh, Mrs. Stahl's," said one wistfully, "I've been taking her since I was a little girl."
"It's gone," said the second lady, "It closed two years ago."
"No, it was three years ago."
"Was it three? Well, it's a Blimpie now."
"It's not a Blimpie. It's a Subway."
"Blimpie, Subway," the second lady shrugged, waving her cigarette, "What's the difference?"
Enough said.
5 comments:
tragedy of the most immense proportions.
Horrid. I guess Jonah Schimmel's is the only one left standing now.
It should have been illegal to take it down - should have been deemed an historical building.
Criminal.
My parents used to take me there as a kid (the 1970s), after visits to the chiropractor (Dr. Stanley Bass on Brighton Beach Blvd, who is evidently still kicking). To this day, I still crave kasha knishes. Mrs. Stahl's was definitely the best...
I worked there for years
when I was a teen around 1970.
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Josh
I just learned the sad news via Google Earth. A f*ckin' Subway. How sad. I didn't know about the west side location, which is now a Dominoes. I don't normally condone violence against property but...
Does anyone know why Mrs. Stahl's closed? Retirement? Rent increase?
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