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THE NEW YORKER
Jewish-Grandma Cooking for the Small-Plate Generation. A new restaurant and bar above the 2nd Ave Deli refines, with admirable panache, a cuisine that is fading away.
COLLIVE
Guests of this year’s Chanukah retreat will be wined and dined by renowned event planner and caterer David Teyf.
DOWNTOWN MAG NYC
Having mastered fish cuisine, incorporating Jewish and Russian culinary influences was not hard for Teyf.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Lox, located in the Jewish Museum, Offers a Gallery of Salmon which includes five varieties of house-cured salmon. This spacious restaurant takes it name seriously.
THE NOSHER
Your Grandmother’s favorite dishes gets a sexy makeover. This is not the gefilte fish, helzel, or kreplach of generations past: Teyf is having fun and modernizing the dishes of his family.
KOSHER LIKE ME
The cafe is owned by chef David Teyf, caterer at Legendary Affairs in the tri-state area for many years.
NY EATER
2nd Ave Deli is firmly embracing the 21st century and adding a second-floor cocktail bar to its Upper East Side location. Called 2nd Floor.
MICHELIN
Iconic 2nd Ave Deli Opens 2nd Floor Bar
And they’re hoping people will schlep to the Upper East Side for it.
UNTAPPED CITIES
Strangely New York: At Last, Have Your Martini and Eat It, Too. The 2nd Ave Deli reveals something of an appetite for the incongruous.