Barney Greengrass

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Barney Greengrass is a restaurant, deli, and appetizing store at 541 Amsterdam Avenue (between West 86th and 87th Streets) on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, started in 1908. It specializes in smoked fish, more specifically sturgeon, but also carries Nova Scotia salmon, whitefish, and others, and is very popular for brunch. The establishment won the 2006 James Beard Foundation Award for Excellence. In 2013, Zagat gave it a food rating of 24, third-highest among New York City delis. In 2021, the Financial Times ranked it one of the “50 greatest food stores in the world.” In No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach, Anthony Bourdain wrote that the store's chopped liver was "the best there is".

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