Senator Kavanagh honors B&H!

On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, Senator Brian Kavanagh officially presented B&H Dairy Kosher Vegetarian Restaurant with our New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry Award. (The award was initially issued on December 9, 2024.)

See B&H Dairy on the registry website at (Enter “B&H Dairy” in the search bar) https://parks.ny.gov/historic-preserv...

Opened in 1938 by Abe Bergson and Jack Heller, B&H Dairy is one of New York City’s oldest kosher dairy lunch counters and has remained largely unchanged, serving generations of locals, students, artists, and celebrities. Today it is owned by Fawzy Abdelwahed (an Egyptian Muslim) and his wife, Aleksandra “Ola” Abdelwahed (a Polish Catholic), who run it with a dedicated staff and a welcoming spirit that earned B&H a Village Award in 2017.

Above and below, the Senator Kavanagh with B&H Dairy owner, Ola and also with Leo (who’s been with B&H for 35 years!) and Ola with the award.