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B & H Dairy
Categories: Restaurants Vegetarian Restaurants Delis Vegetarian, Delis [Edit]
127 2nd Ave(between 7th St & St Marks Pl)
New York, NY 10003
Neighborhood: East Village
(212) 505-8065
- Nearest Transit:
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Astor Pl (4, 6, 6X)
8 St - Nyu (N, R)
3 Av (L)
- Hours:
Mon-Sat 7 am - 12 am
Sun 7 am - 11 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Breakfast
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
Allison P. said: "LOVE THIS PLACE. Had an awesome experience with the 23rd street location. And was shocked to see this one - with tables and space to sit. Clean digs! Went with the oh so incredibly tasty and amazing "classic wrapido." And noticed a…" read more »
214 reviews for B & H Dairy
Review Highlights
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"Always on fresh baked challah bread and delicious." In 57 reviews -
"I usually go for the lentil or mushroom barley." In 16 reviews -
"...with apple sauce, matzo ball soup, french toast (made with..." In 13 reviews
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214 reviews in English
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Review from Ann H.
Manhattan, NY
4/17/2012
With so many artisinal, fusion, next thing, whatevers taking over the neighborhood, B&H is so perfect in it's simplicity. It has not changed over the years, and it shouldn't. The service is fast and friendly, the food is reasonably priced and delicious.
The french toast and coffee hits the spot every time for me. And sit at the counter, you're almost guaranteed to meet someone interesting or make a new friend! -
Review from Blaine H.
Manhattan, NY
5/14/2012
Matzah Ball Soup was slightly above average. The broth was a little lacking, but the texture of the matzah ball was light yet substantial. The challah and blintzes, however, blew me away. I may be a converted blintz fan. These babies were fried to perfection and extremely filling.
I think this is a great place for the price, and wish there were more like this around the city. Will definitely be back. -
Review from Nick R.
Manhattan, NY
4/10/2012
This place is not trying to be anything but a simple super good lunch-counter.
Great staff, great food and everybody in the place is having a good time....the guys behind the counter are razzing the patrons, sliding soups all over the place...slicing fresh bread...it's a good thing.
Also, The challah bread is completely bananas. -
Review from Tara L.
4/24/2012 1 Check-in Here
I love it here...I like that my dad can't go by without getting a vegetable juice and a wheatgrass. Literally I don't think he can physically walk by without going in.
Their homefries are my favorite in the East Village and the homemade challah bread makes any meal better. Even better than anything is the challah french toast...yummy! -
Review from Allyson D.
Piscataway Township, NJ
3/18/2012
What?!
I've been going to this place for years, and for some reason, I guess I've never made a proper review of the place.
Challah's the word. Get it with your (amazing, whatever flavor you try) soup, your sandwich, or as your french toast during your Sunday hangover (only ever challah French Toast for breakfast, just...so good, so good).
(I also recommend the potato pierogies, fried, with fried onions. Try to get it as a special)
The atmosphere is a compliment to the food. Service is tight, fast, and I am always sitting next to a friendly, talkative face.
Best of all, its all cheap, and its all (mostly) vegetarian. Best restaurant in NYC
(PS - this is a place to come with one friend at most. they have one table in the back that sits four but that's risky planning, buddy) -
Review from Rebekkah K.
Columbus, OH
5/3/2012 2 Check-ins Here
For the prices here you get a TON of food, I mean 5.00 gets you a heaping of breakfast potatoes, 2 eggs, two large slices of challah toast, juice, and coffee. I will say that the juice comes in a shot glass sized cup, and the coffee is hit or miss, plus the potatoes may need more salt but those are little things. It is simple, the staff is friendly, and it has a great vegetarian friendly menu with many options. Their challah is superb too.
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Review from brett b.
Brooklyn, NY
4/26/2012
I usually get the pierogis here and they never ever disappoint. I had a weak piece of chocolate cake here once and the grilled cheese is good but not extraordinary. I don't eat Borsht, but people I've dined with rave about it. For me, this is the spot to go on a cold day for some quick, cheap, tasty comfort food. It's also where I grab a cup of authentic NYC coffee and sit at the counter with friends. It's tiny and a little drab, but not in a bad way. It feels a little like you've climbed into an Edward Hopper painting or a scene from a 70s Bob Rafelson flick. I hope this place never closes. It's one of the few remaining relics of the old school east village.
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Review from Lindsay B.
Brooklyn, NY
2/1/2012
My friend was having a soup craving, so she took me to B&H one February evening.
My borscht was a brilliantly red fresh-tasting vegetarian broth with cabbage, potato, and a few white beans. The soup comes with a big plate of homemade challah, which is good. I wish they wouldn't pre-butter it, though.
My friend and I shared an order of 8 giant pierogies, which appeared to be homemade. These were some of the best pierogies I've had in New York. The spinach-filled ones were the best of all, but the potato, and mushroom sauerkraut fillings were also good.
The guys behind the counter were extremely nice. I will definitely come back here next time I'm in the neighborhood. -
Review from Anikha R.
It's nice when you come through the door and the cook says, "Hey, senorita.. How are you?!" I love the tight diner style layout, like how you would see one of your favorites characters from the original Law and Order.
My breakfast is the eggs over easy with mash potatoes and gravy. Do not knock it till you try it. Plus their challah bread is great and always fresh.
This place leaves you stuffed and keeps your wallet fat too. -
Review from Steve M.
1/3/2012
B&H is a real taste of old New York. I doubt this place has changed much since the 50's and thank God for that because you don't want to mess much with greatness! I am neither vegetarian nor kosher, but this is one of my favorite places in the city. It's hardly wider than an alley but between the food and the great guy who runs the place, it's impossible for me to stay away.
The hot borscht is the best I've ever had in my life. Every time I go in, I have to get that, some pierogies, blintzes and latkes. The latkes are also the best I've ever had. Needless to say, whenever I leave B&H I'm so stuffed I can barely move. The wallet manages to stay nicely in tact, too. Oh, and the salmon croquettes, sandwiches and challah also rock. God, I could go on and on!
The guy who runs it is great. He's about the most friendly, laid back restaurateur I've ever encountered. He always seems happy and genuinely interested in what you have to say. Terrific sense of humor, too. As if the food isn't great enough, the atmosphere he lends to the place definitely makes it 5 star.
This was probably the easiest review I've ever written for a restaurant on Yelp! -
Review from Dan F.
Updated - 12/11/2011
We all know how delicious and foundational B&H is to the NY experience. Back in my pre-internet, pre-cell phone, pre iPod, pre-Kinko's (?!) teen years I'd walk the few blocks from the relentless tyranny of home life and swivel up to the counter for some down-home Jew-on-Jew reprieve and an egg cream. They used to test the heat of the skillet with spit. I remember commending myself for being tough enough to handle the spit-swap.
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be in town and bust in here between appointments. The split pea soup remains best-in-class. It's like perfectly placed nipple clamps, assuming I even liked such things.
But anyway, the reason for this update.
The cook asked me how my lady friend was. The woman who accompanied me the last time I was there. A YEAR AGO. Dude remembered me and her from a year ago?! I mentioned she'd just had a baby and was doing great. He sent regards.
B&H you keep finding new and thrilling ways to earn your five stars. Never stop being amazing!Listed in: Eat Me
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Review from Anna C.
1/21/2012
Come here for the soups. My fave is the split pea. Not a big fan of their vegetable soup. I think the mushroom barley was ok. I haven't tried many of the other soups since I usually go with split pea.
Other items are only ok, unfortunately. I've had the vegetarian chili over brown rice a couple times (filling at least) and the lasagna was unmemorable. Also tried their tomato/mozzarella/basil sandwich, which was on their thick Challah bread--unfortunately really bland, and the basil might not have been washed properly cause I felt some grittiness in my mouth. Also have tried other items like their fresh juices (great deal) and their rice pudding (meh).
Nonetheless, the staff is really friendly and quick on their toes despite the crowded tiny space, and the place is an institution. I would have given their food 3 stars, but 1 more for star for the great service. -
Review from Bill S.
11/5/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Listen, Personally I think Duff is a little Maryland bakery bitch but so far I count twice he's been on point. I'll give him the tuna tartar at Morimoto and now he comes back to my town to tell me about B & H dairy?? Time to make the doughnuts Duff, I'll take it from here.
100 years ago the lower east side of Manhattan has been home to peoples from Eastern Bloc countries. When they settled in NYC on the Lower East Side, they brought over all their recipes.
Now back in the day, there was a restaurant on the LES called Ratner's. It was a huge restaurant that served menu items like cheese blintzes, potato pancakes (latkes), Matzoh ball and split-pea soup. If you grew up in Brooklyn like me, this food is your soul food. As I got older, if I dated a girl and she didn't know what a special was, I had to question if i was going to going to let her meet my mom.
If I asked my potential paramour about kreplach and she looked at me strange? Step off babycakes. Now, Brooklyn had these small places as well but going to "The City" to Ratner's was an event. Well Ratner's closed in the 90's but did Blintzers just go away?
Nah, they're still making them at B & H Dairy!
When I went to school in Brooklyn, they would let you let you out at lunch time to go home. I lived two blocks away from school and mom would have lunch waiting for me. Sometimes it was corned beef hash (out of the can) with a fried egg on top, sometimes its was PB&J but sometimes it was Blintzes she bought from the supermarket.
The Blintzes at B & H are the real deal. They are long, fried to a golden brown and are offered with flavors like Cherry, Blueberry, Spinach (??) and of course Cheese.
The place is really small. If your siting at the counter and someone needs to walk behind you, make sure your not sipping soup.
And soup is what they have here, I had a Matzo ball soup with two blintzers here for lunch, Cheese and Cherry with sour cream.
Somehow yelpers are trying to spin this place a a vegan / health food place where you can eat omelets and other healthy items. Are you for real? Are you trying to strip away 100s of years of culture because it sounds cooler you hemp wearing doofus slacker? NO!
This place didn't serve meat and dairy because its KOSHER. If they ask you if you want bread, its challah bread.
Duff, you may be the only baker on the Food Network but I'm BillySalts and this is my town. I had bagels in your town and.. they're weird??
There is only one NYC folks, enjoy it!Listed in: Food network…
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Review from Adam R.
12/15/2011
I can't believe it took me this long to get here. I'm totally embarrassed. Perhaps I'll make up for it by coming a lot in the future.
So many good things going for B&H. I love the old schoolness of it. For starters, I loved the stuffed cabbage in tomato sauce. This tomato sauce didn't taste like it was out of a jar and didn't have that bright redness that many do. It was savory and delicious. And get this, three dollars and fifty cents. For a plate of food. Still can't believe I hadn't been.
The kasha was fine, but not otherworldly. Same with the soup. Know what was otherworldly though? The bread. Thick sliced with real butter, and it comes with the soup. If you're the kind of person who isn't so hungry, you could just get a bowl of soup and some bread and be totally set. What a country!
The pierogies were good, but not great. They were big, and the caramelized onions tasted great but they were a bit too "bready" for me. Don't let the fact that it's a vegetarian establishment sway you, the food is filling, hearty and delicious. -
Review from Daniel B.
11/15/2011
I came to try the borscht, and I did, and it was delish. But. Not, I think, as good as the borscht served across the street over at Stage. I think the borscht here at B&H is vegetarian, though, so that might make it a better choice for some. (But if it's important to you, make sure to double-check.)
I also had some pierogies, and I didn't like them so much. (And again, the ones over at Stage were better.)
This all sounds like a review for a mediocre place, but, I quite liked it here. One thing it's got on the competition is more space. Whereas Stage is nothing but a counter with room for 10 people at it, B&H is a counter, plus a few two-person tables, AND a table that seats a whole party of four. Huzzah! Very useful if you'd like to face your companions.Listed in: BORSCHT!
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Review from Rekha S.
Brooklyn, NY
12/11/2011
Good, affordable borscht, and huge pieces of challah.
I had a slice of carrot cake here, though, and it was probably one of the worst pieces of cake I've ever had. Incredibly dry. Really. -
Review from Mischa A.
How can you complain about this place...
Morning time, hungry and not in a rush-rush... but still want a good quick breakfast...
You come in here, slide down the long bench, find yourself a stool, as you stare at the home-fries sitting on the hot plate, you know your hunger is about to go away... You can walk out of here with change from a $10 inc tip, get a nice omelet, home-fries, halal bread, OJ, and a coffee... and if you are on a budget and it is before 11am... get the two eggs special... in and out in less than 20mins, say you are in a hurry, and even quicker...
And more times than not you will have a ambulance stop and also eat there or get take away.. and if they save lives on this food, it has to be good!! -
Review from Grace L.
12/27/2011
It's this time of year I get start to get a massive hankering for B&H Dairy. My go-to order these days is a bowl of soup (sometimes the borscht and sometimes the lentil) and the amazing mac and cheese. Said mac and cheese is NOT fancy, it's the winner of the junk food/velvetta/boxed strain, which is sometimes just what you need on a crappy winter day. No challenging crust, bits, no need to even really chew. All accompanied by freshly baked and buttered challah bread, that is at least half the reason I come here. The longer you sit, the longer you start to notice what a weird place it is. Typewriters wrapped in saran wrap, fake security cameras, and sometimes a very cantankerous local or two. It's worth it. Sooo worth it.
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Review from Iris D.
Brooklyn, NY
9/17/2011
I went here with a friend tonight after reading all the positive reviews and was very excited to try the food here. As a vegetarian, I'm always on the lookout for good veggie restaurants. Unfortunately, the food was terrible and the service sucked.
I ordered the mac & cheese + soup combo. I'm not exaggerating when I say that my food was served to me less than a minute after I ordered it. Now, fast service might sound ideal, but this just told me that the food I ordered had been sitting there all day in a constant state of warmness. The mac & cheese was terrible. I had a few bites of it and couldn't bring myself to eat anymore of it. It was incredibly bland and tasted a lot like Kraft macaroni. The vegetable soup I ordered was on about the same level of grossness. It tasted like something out of a can. I had a few bites of it but I just couldn't eat anymore of it. Believe me when I say that when it comes to restaurants, I'm not very picky and will generally finish my meal even if it isn't that great. But the food here was beyond awful.
My friend ordered a veggie cheeseburger and potato pancakes. He only managed to eat about half the cheeseburger, and he was never given his potato pancakes. He told me the burger wasn't terrible, but that it wasn't anywhere close to the best veggie burger he's had.
We also ordered two cans of soda. A can of soda costs $1.75 here -- a bit too pricy for just a can.
I informed the waiter/counter person that I wouldn't be paying for my food because it was terrible and I had only had 3 bites of it. At least they didn't argue with me on that point.
Despite the mostly positive reviews on this place, I would recommend that you avoid this place. There are much better veggie restaurants out there. If you want a good vegetarian diner, try Curly's Vegetarian Lunch near Union Square. Much better food, bigger portions, fairer prices. -
Review from Gina A.
8/27/2011 1 Check-in Here
I was SHOCKED at how good this place was...and how inexpensive! I went for a bubble tea across the street after lunch and the tea was about how much my sandwich cost! My friend and I went for lunch the other day and we had sandwiches. The sandwiches come on these giant pieces of fresh challah bread. The tuna salad was very good and my friend had the grilled cheese which looked incredible.
The place is really nothing to look at, there are a few small tables and stools at the counter. The customer service could be a little bit better but it all adds to the hidden gem charm. I will definitely be back and probably end up taking out food as well. -
Review from Anna L.
4/30/2011
I have been meaning to go to this place forever, especially after reading the great yelp reviews. So, I finally went!
This is truly a hole in the wall. It feels so home-y. It's awesome. There is one table for 4. Food came out fast, loved watching the customers sitting at the counter. I had the french toast which was great. Fruit salad was eh - a lot of too-hard fruit, but whatever. No one goes to a place for fruit salad anyway! My friends had pancakes and eggs and home fries. They all said they were great. Also, gotta love a place where the waiter calls you "senorita" and your guy friends "brotha". Plus, super cheap. Yay! -
Review from Naz S.
Brooklyn, NY
8/14/2011
*I WISH I LIVED NEXT DOOR*
A great breakfast place! the portions are a good size, and the people are really sweet (thanks mike and leo!). My favorites were always eggs any way you want them, challah bread, pierogis or the cheese and blueberry blintze combo. Good coffee too. Get there earlier in the morning to grab a good seat as its a fairly small place. Its a perfect spot if youre looking for something more neighborhoody versus a boozy brunch joint -
Review from Olivia C.
SoHo, Manhattan, NY
12/10/2011
Challah and Fresh juices!!!
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Review from X X.
Brooklyn, NY
12/30/2010
After going to B and H for a year, sometimes almost five days a week, I have come to realize it is not that good. Especially for the price. Just because they give you a lot of bland gooey potatoes doesn't make it the omelette any better.
Their challah, I also will add, is not that good. It LOOKS good, but it tastes like nothing. Eat their challah, and then walk across the street to Stage, and you'll taste the difference.
Their soup is watery, and I once had a "vegetable lasagna" and it was horrible. it had vegetables that tasted like nothing laid inside pieces of mushy pasta with sauce and a sad smear of what was supposed to be mozzarella on top.
And when they raised their prices, I could no longer reason ever eating there again. I am sad to say, after eating there for years, I can't stand it any longer. -
Review from Renee C.
New York, NY
12/12/2010 2 photos
Now B & H Dairy has always been that place I passed by all the time, I always looked inside to see what they were serving but then I never walked in until my roommate said she wanted to try it one day because she really wanted latkas during the holiday season.....so we went after a long night of excessive intoxication in the hopes to calm our stomachs with some hearty brunch.
It is a diner with everything equipped to be a typical one but it's really not, cause it only serves vegetarian food. I know....it was oddly appropriate for the East Village, I was intrigued.
We sat down in a small two-seater next to the busy bar and got our menues from the guy behind the bar. We also yelled out our orders to the same guy who in turned translated in to Spanish and yelled it out to the cooks in the back. It's the energy of this place that brings people back in day in and day out. It's what makes it unique.
I got the mushroom barley soup and tried the matzo ball soup...both were great as we were desperately dehydrated and cold. I had the challah french toast, which was HUGE and I could barely finish 1/2 of it. My roomie got the potato pancakes of course and that was HUGE too...out overly starchy meal was overly massive and much was left over, but I would say it did satisfied my brunch craving today and allowed me to have enough energy to start my Christmas shopping.Listed in: Veg out!
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Review from Robin K.
10/15/2011
This place is incredible. The best challah, great breakfast specials, nice guys who work there (MIke & Leo!) who know you, wonderful service, and good lunch items too. For the bfast special, I usually get the spinach omelette, which comes with coffee/tea, a small glass of OJ, 2 thick slices of incredible challah, and home fries. It is all so delicious, enough for leftovers, and $6.50!
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Review from Debbie S.
New York, NY
10/17/2011
I love this place! The homemade food is fresh and delicious. I had a bowl of their vegetable soup, which was healthful and full of cabbage and fresh dill. I also had their homemade cheese blintzes, which were best I have ever had in my entire life! A delicate crepe,crunchy (but not greasy) on the outside, folded around the most delightful sweet and salty oozy cheese filling that melted in your mouth. It went so well with just a dab of the cold sour cream it was served with. I cannot rave highly enough about this meal! It was really something special. The service was also very nice and attentive.
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Review from S L.
New York, NY
10/14/2011
B&H how do I love thee? Let me count the ways:
Mike is amazing. My wife and I go in and he knows what we're having, the coffee is ready, and he's showing us his baby pics, all while manning the grill for everyone else. Leo is right there, ready to go with whatever we need, a nice conversation, and always a compliment. The food cannot be mistaken for anything but home-cooked goodness. 'nuff said! -
Review from Neil B.
1/1/2011
This hole in the wall is one of those only in New York finds. I first ate at the B & H in the 1970's and although I do not go often, it is a solid standby for challah french toast and good diner soup.
Although prices have risen, it is still affordable. The staff is friendly but lack some of the personality of yesteryear and as I get older and larger, the place seems to get smaller and smaller! -
Review from Rachel G.
1/29/2011
I've been going to B&H for about ten years now, and I'm still in love with it.
My favorites: hot borscht (with sour cream), potato pancakes, french toast, grilled cheese, and of course CHALLAH with butter. YUMM.
It's no-frills, hole-in-the-wall, super cheap, and super fast. I love the cooks (they called me a gringa once). The music is the 80's and 90's station on the radio. What more could you want? -
Review from Axel S.
Brooklyn, NY
9/9/2010
I have to say, I don't know why I am giving this a 5 star review. The food can be absolutely amazing, but I've had cucumber soup that is pretty much a large bowl of tzatziki sauce. The prices are great, the coffee's ok, the service is deli service.
For some reason, I just love this place. Everything just fits together in a way that happens in such a small number of restaurants. If you could bottle this, you could sell it for a fortune.
Inconsistent but often very good food, abrupt service, a lack of ambiance (in a good way), a dirty bathroom, the cooks yelling spanish profanity at each other, the low prices, the location, the fresh juice bar, they all jell and become the place I've eaten at more than any other in NYC.
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Review from kathy m.
Forest Hills, NY
1/14/2012
I've been coming to B&H since I was a teenager on my way to the Fillmore East. So, yeah, that's a really long time. Comforting to know that nothing important has changed. The split pea soup is awe-inspiring. The mushroom barley divine. But the borscht with sour cream and challah bread? You'll see God. Don't get back as much as I used to when I lived on the pre-gentrified LES days, but I always come back in. I would cry for days if they closed. Yep, and still a bargain.
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Review from Srini V.
3/2/2008
If B & H were to be likened to a presidential candidate, Mike Gravel comes to mind. So if your dinner funds are depleted, by all means come here. But do not expect a winner.
The space itself is tiny and lacks the cozy comfort of its nearby cheap-eats cousin, Pommes Frites. On my last visit, I had a shake and a bowl of their lentil soup, while my friend tried a salad and the borscht. My lentil soup was somewhat under-cooked. And my friend, not pleased with the borscht, was left chewing on the challah bread that came with the salad.
The bouncing ball analogy would apply quite nicely to my B & H experience. The friendly service notwithstanding, my excitement for B & H was laid to rest very quickly.
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Review from Becca S.
Brooklyn, NY
1/7/2009
I used to tend bar in grad school, and whenever we were counting our tips and happened to come across a $20 bill, we had a little call we would do, it went like this:
Why, hell-OOO Mr Jackson!!!
Mr Jackson, of course, being Andrew Jackson, whose chiseled mug graces the bill. You knew that already, didn't you.
Anyway, I felt like ringing out the Mr Jackson call last night, because that's all it took--including tip--for J and I to totally stuff ourselves at B & H Dairy. Of course, B & H is pretty much the size of my bathtub, so I refrained for the sake of the other patrons, and also for the sake of my dignity.
For $8 each, we enjoyed a carb fest like no other--two large bowls of mushroom barley soup, one overflowing plate of mac & cheese, 4 plump pierogies (actually 6, because they brought the wrong kind first), and what had to be at least half a loaf of challah bread. The food was nothing mind-blowing, but it was fresh and came fast, and was perfectly belly-warming on a cold rainy night. Goodbye, Mr Jackson!Listed in: for when you are below 14th st, Recession, I hate you.
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Review from J O.
New York, NY
2/21/2007
This place is just like me! Mostly vegetarian except for some fish, and really cheap.
For less than $4, you can fill up on delicious borscht and buttery challah bread. What's not to like? -
Review from Yinna W.
New York, NY
11/19/2006
Dipping buttered slices of challah bread into my hot borscht as i type this right now. Well..actually that would take 4 hands..
For $4.30 I can have this blissfully perfect moment-- cold day, hot soup. Today B&H gets five stars.Listed in: Starving Artist Diet
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Review from Jessica F.
New York, NY
5/29/2007
I want to fill up the bathtub with their borscht and roll around in it, followed by a refreshing shower, and then do it again with their mushroom barley.
Liar. You want to too.
It's fabulous soup. It eats like, yeah, you know, a meal.
That said, I must admit I was not a fan of the challah, which I found dry and a little too burnt on the crust. Don't throw anything at me, ok?Listed in: Where I Dodge NYU Students…, Top Restaurants
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Review from Calily B.
1/5/2011
This was a great recommendation from the NY Yelpers - thanks for answering my Talk question!
This place was right around the corner from where I was staying on vacation. Me, my mom, and sis ate here before we left for the airport and I'm glad we were able to get there before we left the city.
We ate at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday. There was only a few people in the diner at the time. The lovely chef/cashier was the only person manning the grill.
the challah french toast was simple and plentiful. My mom had some veggie soup and I had the eggs with home fries. The meal wasn't amazing but it was good and affordable.
I do love the atmosphere of this joint! -
Review from Lynn F.
New York, NY
7/9/2007
"*ahem*
Hi, my name is Lynn, and... I have been a Soup Addict for my entire life.
I've been trying to quit but the wonderful B & H on 2nd Ave has been enabling me back into a life a soup and shame."
There are times when you're too lazy to chew your food or make conversation with real people, and that's the exact right time to pop down to B&H. A good book and their lentil soup makes for the perfect combination. The challah bread that accompanies the meal and the price ($4.30 for MORE than enough food) can't be beat. I had to call up my grandparents and tell them about this jewel of a restaurant. Also, I have never tried borscht in my entire life (if you saw pictures of it you'd be scared too) but I braved the ordeal based on the reviews of fellow Yelpers. It took me 10 minutes to scarf down the entire bowl of hot borscht... in my unairconditioned apartment... in July. It was that good.
So Soup Addicts, food lovers, and those nostalgic for their Jewish childhoods, run- do not walk- to B&H. -
Review from Edward F.
New York, NY
2/12/2008
"CHALLAH at 'cha boy!," I heard one of the kids yell at his posse' as he walked by me.
"Yes, CHALLAH is what I'm craving," I thought -- and for the best challah bread in the East Village, if not NYC, you gotta get it at B&H Dairy. Yes, it's baked fresh there...yes, they slice it THICK....yes, they give generous pats of butter and yes, it's so soft, almost sponge-like!
This luncheonette looks like it hasn't been redecorated since the '50s and I like it that way!
They feature Ukranian comfort-food -- so you'll get your fix of pierogies, blintzes and meatless stuffed cabbage.
But what puts them above a nearby Ukranian diner (that I also equally love) are the soups! They change daily, but you'll always find the borscht, split pea and mushroom barley soups on the menu. They are incredibly insanely hearty, satisfying and nurturing....a nice touch is they will gladly mix your soups so if you are in adventurous mood, try the lima bean mixed with lentil or the mushroom barley mixed with split pea. Plus, the soups go perfect with the challah bread!
