A Minsk-born, Paris-trained chef has opened a kosher delicatessen at 59 East Putnam Ave. in Cos Cob.

Greenwich & Delancey, led by Chef David Teyf, applies haute cuisine techniques to Eastern European Jewish comfort food. Teyf trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris before building a New York City restaurant career that includes LOX at the Museum of Jewish Heritage and the kitchen at 2nd Floor Bar & Essen above the 2nd Avenue Deli, according to the restaurant's website.

The restaurant's homepage bills the Cos Cob location as "the first kosher restaurant in Greenwich, CT." The Orthodox Union lists Greenwich & Delancey as OU Glatt Kosher certified for meat and pareve items.

The menu rotates seasonally, but several staples stay put: house-cured pastrami, pelmeni and soups. Sandwiches anchor the lineup, as Living Greenwich reported, including Chef David's Signature Pastrami on seeded rye with house mustard and "The Jeff," a pastrami-and-corned-beef stack with pickled Russian slaw, pickled onions and house Russian dressing on toasted seeded rye.

A table-side pastrami carving experience, inspired by Teyf's brother Gena, headlines the entrée list alongside chicken schnitzel and smoked brisket. Starters include a Minsk Matzah Babka made from a family recipe named for the Teyf family's roots in Belarus. Smoked pastrami mini donuts with house Russian dressing round out the appetizers.

The operation is a family affair. Teyf's sons Elan and Tollan are trained chefs who work in the business. Each week, Teyf delivers Shabbat dinners to Holocaust survivors, a tradition he started during the pandemic, according to the restaurant's website.

Desserts are made from scratch: chocolate babka, poppy seed strudel and a black and white cookie. The cocktail menu features a Moscow Mule with ginger vodka and a signature gin and tonic with grapefruit peel and Tanqueray Ten.

The restaurant posted a Rosh Hashanah dinner menu on Instagram on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Greenwich & Delancey is at 59 East Putnam Ave.; call 203-340-2733 or visit greenwichanddelancey.com.