Pickles, Doughnuts, and Bialys...Oh MY!

The many delicious varieties of gourmet doughnuts @ the Plant!

You will never look at Grand street the same again! It's one stop shopping and what you are going to pick up is like nothing you ever had before! I am not a doughnut girl. Dunkin Donuts, Krispy Kreme...Blah! Until I visited the Doughnut Plant @ 379 Grand Street. Wow! This place is like a closet, serving freshly made doughnuts out of the back as they are ready makes for an unbelievable doughnut experience.  With flavors like Creme Brule, Pistachio, Tres Leche, and Peanut Butter and Blackberry Jelly...these are not your fast food chain doughnuts. The Raspberry Creme doughnut is glazed with homemade fresh crushed raspberries!

Doughnuts not your thing, no fear. Check out Kossars Bialys. Located @ 367 Grand St., you will find the dough-e-est, fluffiest bagels you ever had. Crunchy on the outside. Just the way I like a bagel. The bialys are full of onions. So good! Originally baked in Bialystok, Poland, the bialy was carried to New York City by Jewish immigrants. The oldest bialy factory in the United States is Kossar's. 

How to enjoy a Kossar's Bialy

1 bialy
Butter or cream cheese

Baking the bialy a little bit extra at home just before serving, to get them to the desired degree of brown. Do not slice bialy, bagel-style. Spread a fresh, hot bialy with either butter or cream cheese, either on the bottom or over the top of the roll. If underneath, take care not to shake loose the onions and, if there are some, poppy seeds. If spreading butter or cheese over the top, stuff a little extra spread into the well to form an especially luscious mouthful.

Not into Carbs? Doughnuts, Bagels, Bialys not your thing? Ok, right around the corner @ 49 Essex Street are the The Pickle Guys. With fresh pickled good made daily, you are sure to find a garlicky, vinegary slice of pickley fun! 

They have everything, Gardinera Salad, Hot and Sweet Peppers, Olives, and all types of crispy freshly made pickles.