Finding knishes on Long Island: 3 picks
East Meadow's Pastrami Plus offers homemade knish. Credit: Donna Alberico
The country is in the midst of a knish crisis. When a September fire sidelined the nation's lead producer, Gabila’s Knishes in Copiague, the square fried knish just about disappeared — at least temporarily — from the deli scene.
This doesn’t mean that you can’t get a knish to kvell about. The other kind of knish — the more delicate, round baked variety — is flaky rather than crunchy. It's widely available, often made at the delicatessen where it’s sold.
Here are three delis baking their own:
