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Episode 14 · Dec 31, 2025 · 32 min
Eli Zabar
Family Legacy, New York Permanence, and Making Things the Right Way
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Office of / Department of conversationFile no. 014
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The gist
Eli Zabar is a New York institution — not because he inherited one, but because he built one. With the Zabar name woven into the city’s DNA, Eli chose an entirely different path: leaving the family store, crossing town, and creating his own world — one defined by taste, rigor, obsession, and an unwavering point of view.
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