Sahadi’s in Brooklyn (187 Atlantic Ave.) is a New Yorker’s favorite for a never-ending selection beans, dried fruits and nuts, olives, hundreds of cheeses, breads, and prepared foods. Today it earns a place among America’s Classics, with the 2017 James Beard award announced this morning. Sahadi’s joins Bertha’s Kitchen in Charleston, S.C., Gioia’s Deli in St. Louis, Mo., Schultz’s Crab House in Essex, Md., and La Taqueria in San Francisco in receiving an award. Founded in Manhattan in the 1890s, the shop moved to Brooklyn in 1941. This location had been run by Charlie Sahadi for 50 years until he retired at the age of 71 in 2016. It’s now run by his children, Ron Sahadi and Christine Whelan.
