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The Upper West Side’s breakfast scene is about to get a little crispier. Edith’s Sandwich Counter is heading uptown with the bacon, egg and cheese that made its name in Brooklyn—complete with a potato latke tucked inside.
The Jewish comfort food favorite has signed a lease at 186 Columbus Avenue, between West 68th and West 69th Streets, according to CBRE’s third-quarter Manhattan retail report, as detailed by West Side Rag. The address previously housed Francesco’s Pizza, which closed in July. An opening date for Edith's new outpost hasn’t been announced yet, so no need to set your alarm just yet.
Elyssa Heller founded Edith’s in 2020 as a pandemic pop-up inside Greenpoint’s Paulie Gee’s pizzeria, selling hand-rolled bagels and food inspired by the Jewish diaspora. It's named for Heller’s great-aunt Edith, who ran a Brooklyn deli in the 1950s. The business now has locations in Williamsburg, the West Village and Tribeca.
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The sandwich that sparked our excitement is the BEC&L: that means bacon, egg, cheese and, crucially, latke. Edith’s version combines thick, crispy bacon, a Japanese-style egg omelette, Cooper’s Sharp American cheese and a freshly fried potato pancake, with Edith's Special Sauce served on the side. You can get it on your choice of bagel or pay an extra dollar for crispy malawach flatbread.
The New York Times included Edith’s bacon, a egg and cheese in its 2024 collection of 57 sandwiches that define the city. But the shop’s credentials extend well beyond the bagel: We here at Time Out singled Edith's out as one of the best restaurants of 2020, full stop.
Along with that famous BEC&L, fellow a.m. standouts include the Sephardi Breakfast Wrap (which bundles house-made alheira chicken sausage, cheesy scrambled eggs, pickled Fresno chili peppers, herbs and harissa mayo into malawach, the flaky Yemeni flatbread) and the Scottsdale Wrap with avocado, potato totkes and zhug, plus latke-and-egg sandwiches featuring breakfast sausage or house-smoked pastrami.
For anyone whose appetite wakes up closer to lunch, Edith’s current lineup offers a chicken schnitzel club on challah, pastrami chopped cheese and a tuna melt with two cheeses. There’s also its much-loved iced coffee slushie, made with tahini and oat milk.
The Upper West Side menu remains to be announced. But for now, the neighborhood has a new top-notch breakfast prospect worth watching.