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Appetizing store

, an appetizing store in New York's Lower East Side|alt=Exterior shot of small urban food retailer An appetizing store, typically in reference to Jewish cuisine in New York City, particularly Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, is a store that sells "food that generally goes with bagels", although appetizings can also be served with a variety of breads. Appetizings include smoked and pickled fish and fish spreads, pickled vegetables, cream cheese spreads, and other cheeses. Most appetizing stores were opened in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. In 1930, there were 500 such stores in New York City; by 2015, there were fewer than ten. The concept started to experience a revitalization in the 2010s with the opening of new stores in Toronto, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn.

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, an appetizing store in New York's Lower East Side|alt=Exterior shot of small urban food retailer An appetizing store, typically in reference to Jewish cuisine in New York City, particularly Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, is a store that sells "food that generally goes with bagels", although appetizings can also be served with a variety of breads. Appetizings include smoked and pickled fish and fish spreads, pickled vegetables, cream cheese spreads, and other cheeses. Most appetizing stores were opened in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. In 1930, there were 500 such stores in New York City; by 2015, there were fewer than ten. The concept started to experience a revitalization in the 2010s with the opening of new stores in Toronto, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn.

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