Kossar's Bialys, originally known as Mirsky and Kossar's when Isadore Mirsky and Morris Kossar founded it in 1936, is one of the few remnants of what was once its own industry in New York City with its own union association and an owners' alliance known the Bialy Bakers Association, Inc. Originally located at 145 Clinton Street in Manhattan's
Lower East Side, Kossar's Bialys moved to its current location at
Grand and Essex Streets in the early 1960s after a union dispute and subsequent fire destroyed the building. Juda Engelmayer, Debra Engelmayer, Daniel Cohen, and Malki Cohen purchased the bakery from Morris Kossar's son-in-law and daughter, Daniel and Gloria Kossar Scheinin in 1998. In 2013, Evan Giniger and David Zablocki purchased the bakery from the Engelmayers and Cohens. After the sale, the new owners made a number of upgrades and changes to the store, including expanding the menu and making the decision to no longer operate as a
kosher establishment. Kossar's has a history of employing many female cashiers from
the Philippines and employees from other countries as well. Many of these employees worked at the bakery for decades and still work at the bakery. == Expansion ==