In its heyday, Grossinger's Bakery was the place for Upper West Siders looking for home-baked goods and traditional European treats. It began in 1935 when Hungarian-Jewish immigrants Ernest and Isabella Grossinger opened Grossinger’s Home Bakery on Columbus Avenue at 76th Street. They, their children, and their extended family lived right upstairs. Generations of Upper West Siders grew up celebrating occasions large and small with Grossinger’s babka, strudel, Russian coffee cake, or the highly coveted praline ice cream cake. Herb Grosinger, son of the founders, eventually took on the head apron position and Grossinger’s remained a fixture of the UWS community for 56 years. Now, 87 years after the opening of that first small shop, Herb Grosinger shares the story of the family business that grew into a legendary bakery in his book, “Breaking Eggs In New York City: The Story of Grossinger’s Bakery and the Family That Built It" Join Landmark West! for this special evening celebrating a truly landmark UWS institution. Herb Grosinger, in conversation with his daughter Liz Samuel, recounts his memories of more than half a century living and baking on and around Columbus Avenue. Don't miss one family’s extraordinary journey from newly arrived immigrants to running a business during the Depression and all the way through to the final days of Grossinger's physical presence on the UWS. It doesn’t get any sweeter than Grossinger’s!
