My Search for Lost Time in a Slice of Jewish Rye
When Gottlieb’s Bakery reopened in Savannah, Ga., I rediscovered a taste of my childhood. But that link to the past shattered with a pandemic, and a death.
From left, Elliot, Irving, Buster and Isser Gottlieb, behind the counter at the old Gottlieb’s Bakery in downtown Savannah, Ga., in the early 1970s. Elliot’s parents started the bakery in 1884.Credit.Gottlieb s Bakery
By Herbert Buchsbaum
Was it really as good as I remembered?
My wife was asking. For years she’d heard me rhapsodize about the rye bread of my youth, and now, after decades of privation, I had before me the genuine article: a sandwich on Gottlieb’s rye.
Gideon's Bakehouse celebrated the grand opening of its Disney Springs location Saturday, Jan. 16, with a line of eager customers, many of whom traveled hours to.