Overview

• His daughter, Ann Zabar, said he had been hospitalized with a brain bleed before his death on Tuesday in Manhattan.
• After his father's death in 1950, he returned to help run the business and went on to guide Zabar's for roughly 70 years alongside his brother Stanley and longtime partner Murray Klein.
• Under his stewardship, the business consolidated from several small shops into a single market of about 20,000 square feet employing more than 200 people.
• He was known for rigorous, hands-on quality control of smoked fish and coffee, overseeing counters that sold thousands of pounds weekly and declining to franchise the brand.
• Tributes poured in from public figures, including Mayor Eric Adams, as the store continues under family leadership, with Aaron Zabar and Ann Zabar in senior roles.