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RIP Saul Zabar

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At 97.  Saul basically created the NYC food emporium as we know it today.  Would there have been a Dean & DeLuca, an Agata & Valentina, a Grace's?  Probably not.

 

To walk into Zabar's as a food lover was like walking into a magical kingdom.  Downstairs was all food; cheeses, appetizing, deli, breads, house-roasted coffee (before that was available on every street).  Upstairs, Williams-Sonoma before it ever existed.  This guy was importing Mauviel copper before everyone who went to Paris had to go to E. DeHellirin.  You needed pots or pans - Zabar's. You needed baking supplies - Zabar's.  You needed kitchenware - Zabar's. Just a fantastic place.

 

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

 

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