Zabar's Blog

Giving to NYC

Zabar’s is proud to support and donate to City Harvest. 

About City Harvest:

City Harvest exists to end hunger in communities throughout New York City. We do this through food rescue and distribution, education, and other practical, innovative solutions.

Now serving New York City for more than 25 years, City Harvest is the world's first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women, and children.

This year, City Harvest will collect 28 million pounds of excess food from all segments of the food industry, including restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to nearly 600 community food programs throughout New York City using a fleet of trucks and bikes as well as volunteers on foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 300,000 hungry New Yorkers find their next meal.

City Harvest also addresses hunger’s underlying causes by supporting affordable access to nutritious food in low-income communities, educating individuals, families, and communities in the prevention of diet-related diseases, channeling a greater amount of local farm food into high-need areas, and enhancing the ability of our agency partners to feed hungry men, women, and children.

Thank you Ruth Reichl

For this romantic meandering into what a morning on the Upper West Side holds.

Winners from Zabar's Raffle at Lincoln Center

We have had such a great time at Lincoln Center! Two gift baskets have found their way to these lucky raffle winners:

On August 7th, Barb Chai goes home with a Zabar's Basket:

 

And last night (in spite of the rainy evening) Minda Meister took one home! Congratulations!

 

 

Junior's Cheesecake on the Food Network - Shooting TODAY in NYC

 One of our favorite Cheesecakes is Junior's Most Fabulous Cheesecake, we have it in our store and available online and have just heard that Junior's is in the battle for Best Cheesecake in New York on Food Network's Food Feuds. 

So if you're a fan of Junior's you can join them while they're shooting the show's finale TODAY at 3:30 pm at West Street & Battery Place in Lower Manhattan.

If you're not already a fan, pick one up and give it a try (there's a reason it's so famous).

 

Zabar's Raffle at Out of Doors

 Zabar's will be onsite at Lincoln Center Out of Doors 40th Anniversary Season nearly every night. Visit us and sign up for our Daily raffle! Yes, everyday we'll be drawing a new winner to receive A Touch of Zabar's Gift Tote.

The only way to win is to visit Lincoln Center and sign up!

Through Zabar's artists performing as part of Out of Doors (and Midsummer Night Swing) this summer are treated to a delectable array of gourmet food and drink backstage. 

From the artists:
"Having just returned from 3 weeks in Europe (Swiss/Italian Alps, Austria, France) where the food ranged from outstanding to heavenly, the backstage spread at Midsummer Night Swing didn't miss a beat! Thank you Zabar’s for the tasty, fresh, and healthy delights!"  
Catherine Russell (Cat and the Hounds Swing Band – played at Swing on 7/14/10) 

"It hit the spot right before our set." 
Chris Edmunds (New Orleans Moonshiners  -- played at Swing on 7/6/10)

From Stanley Zabar:
"I believe that Lincoln Center is integral to the city, and represents the best of the best - exactly what Zabar's has always stood for."

Visit The Out of Doors schedule to see what's happening. 

Zabar's will be on site on:
Wed, July 28
Fri, July 30
Sat, July 31
Sun, August 1
Fri, August 6
Sat, August 7
Sun, August 8
Thu, August 12
Fri, August 13
Sat, August 14
Sun, August 15

Join us and see you then!

 

We'll be dancing again this weekend at Midsummer Night Swing

Join us again on Saturday, July 10th beginning at 6:30 pm at Lincoln Center Midsummer Night Swing as we hand out goodies and raffle two new Zabar's Gift Basket prizes!

This Saturday features Wycliffe Gordon Sextet  
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 6:30
Dance Lesson at 6:30, Live Music at 7:30

 

Zabar's is celebrated in West Side Spirit

"On the Frontlines of the Gourmet Revolution: An iconic family business built on dedication and discriminating palates" by Christopher Moore from West Side Spirit, June 28, 2010.

Read the West Side Spirit article (PDF)

 

"Saul Zabar cared about coffee long before his fellow West Siders made their way to Europe and discovered espresso, decades before Starbucks came to town."
 

A report from the field - NYC meets summertime

Did you see the Style section in The New York Times this weekend? Bill Cunningham shot some great photos at Midsummer Night Swing last week, including one of Judith and Stanley Zabar. Have a look, click here.

He even included a pic of the High Line. This is, in my opinion, one of the best things to happen to NYC in recent years. It's just spectacular.

A great night at Lincoln Center with The Time Jumpers

We had a great time last night, swinging and sharing Zabar's Rugelach! We have one more raffle to announce today... 

Until then, visit our photo stream:

Midsummer Night Swing - See you on Thursday!

Midsummer Night Swing is on at Lincoln Center! Zabar's is proud to be the Artist Hospitality provider and we will be there, at Damrosch Park, on Thursday night passing out Zabar's goodies, exclusive coupons and raffling off a Zabar's Broadway Bakery Basket that night. 

 

So visit us at Lincoln Center and enter to take a gift basket home with you that night and be included in our online raffle on Friday!