Noah's Ark Is Gone but Lower East Side Memories Are Kosher

For the old-timers still living on the Lower East Side, the recent closing of Noah's Ark on Grand Street only evoked memories when Jews from throughout the New York metropolitan area would come to the East Side for the blintzes and "perogies" of Ratner's and for the Chinese and deli items at Bernstein's on Essex.

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