Dive Brief:
- A fire six weeks ago at Gabila's Knishes in Copiague, New York, led to a nationwide shortage of the fried, square-shaped, potato-filled foods popular at Jewish delis.
- Gabila's is the nation's largest manufacturer of knishes, shipping about 15 million of them a year.
- The factory is being repaired and knishes should be back in stores and delis by Thanksgiving week, which also marks the start of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Dive Insight:
If you don't love knishes -- or worse, you've never tried one -- you can't possibly understand how traumatic the fire was to knish aficionados. Sure, round kinishes, usually baked, have been available, But those things aren't real knishes. Now it appears that the long, dark time has ended. So if you're looking for us during the next few weeks, check the line outside Katz' Deli on the lower East Side. We'll be there, waiting patiently, with a jar of mustard in our hands.