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Sammy's Roumanian Restaurant

157 Chrystie Street
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Sammy’s Roumanian is the iconic Jewish steakhouse on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The namesake is Sammy Friedman who was a waiter at Parkway (the predecessor restaurant at this location), then turned into the owner at this location on Chrystie when Parkway moved uptown. Sammy couldn't make the restaurant work here adn the landlord delivered the property to Stan Zimmerman who has been the charming owner ever since.

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Did you know that the late JFK Jr. came to Sammy's with his pals to celebrate after he passed his NY Bar Exam (finally!). Or that Sammy's waiters are afficionados of creating the perfect egg cream. Or that they make chopped liver right at your table? Take that, Le Cirque!

There are some vestiges of the Jewish lower east side of the past, but they are fading fast. At this time you can still visit the remaining business that serve food items better known by past generations: they are Katz' Deli, Yonah Shimmel, Gus' Pickles and Kossar's Bialies.

The storefront of Sammy's on the Lower East Side, NYC
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interior, wild fun at Sammy's
Pictured below: a hanger steak from Sammy's • In the past, the owner, Mr Zimmerman, has been quoted on the topic of the high fat food he serves, "The cardiologists tell you not to eat it, and who eats here? Cardiologists. Have you even considered their motivation? Maybe they want to make sure they can get a table.''
strip steak, hanger steak at Sammy's

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January 2009 - The latest hipster joint for socializing and drinking comes in the form of the subterranean lounge, Chloe. To enter, you must know the doorway, for that is the true mark of the hipster wold in 2009. Door knowledge is power (so is the number of a good car service late at night). In this case, the door is on Ludlow Street and Chloe is right underneath the French bistro Casanis. So now you know. Doesn't the photo to the right look like a lucious banquette.
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Beware, the leftover white subway tile from McNally's Schiller's Liquor Bar is a featured part of the decor here! Soft lights, red banquettes, nice date place if there was anything else around.

January 2009 - While it was announced during 2008 that Streit's matzo factory would pull up its roots on Rivington Street on the Lower East Side, the economic downturn of the summer and fall of 2008 altered those plans for the factory.
The company's initial hope was to leave the lower east side and move its factory operations entirely to New Jersey. This caused quite an uproar when it was announced in 2008; many decried the final days of the Jewish Lower East Side were near (Katz Deli still holds down a corner on East Houston Street).

   
 
 
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