Elias Youssef

New Jersey Entrepreneur Elias Youssef

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Elias Youssef of Eli's Corner Gourmet Bagel

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Community Garden Program at Eva's Village

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Elias Youssef is the president of Eli’s Corner Gourmet Bagel, LLC. To give back to his community, Elias Youssef donates takes leftover food from his shop to Eva’s Kitchen, a free dining hall in Paterson, New Jersey.

Eva’s Kitchen is part of Eva’s Village, a faith-based organization that works to end poverty. Founded in 1982, Eva’s Village helps people in need by offering shelter, providing medical and dental care, and operating food programs, including a community garden. 

Maintained by volunteers, the community garden supplies eggs and fresh organic produce, such as herbs and vegetables, to the organization’s kitchen, shelters, and other programs, which serve 1,300 meals a day. The one-quarter-acre garden is located on the property of Wayne Auto Spa, in Wayne, New Jersey, and contains a large, domed greenhouse, which extends the garden’s growing season through the winter months.

Elias Youssef - President of Eli's Corner Gourmet Bagel

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Elias Youssef - Business Leader, Amateur Chef, and Soccer Player

Elias Youssef balances his professional responsibilities with an active personal life, which includes hobbies ranging from soccer to international travel.

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Elias Youssef, An executive in the food services industry

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Bagels and Lox - A Multiethnic New York Food Tradition

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A Towaco, New Jersey, entrepreneur with a Mediterranean background, Elias Youssef leads Eli's Corner Gourmet Bagel, LLC. With his bagels featuring whole grains, Elias Youssef offers low-carb options which can be incorporated into classics such as the Salmon River. This open-faced creation features sliced lox, capers, and chive cream cheese, as well as fresh lettuce, tomato, and cucumbers. 

An NPR feature delved into the multiethnic roots of bagels and lox, with the origins mysterious but almost certainly being in New York. Much like pizza transcended its Italian roots in the hustle and bustle of early urban America, this creation took its form from bagels, a form of ring breads that were easily preserved on long journeys and may go back to the creations of Uighur merchants along China’s ancient Silk Road. Their firmly-baked shell meant that they could be dunked in hot liquids as necessary during stops on lengthy treks, with the bread magically becoming revitalized.

The lox part of the equation comes from Scandinavian cultures that have long maintained a preservation method for salmon involving brine. Lox may also owe a debt to Native American cultures that traditionally smoked and preserved salmon, with the valued end-product often acceptable as a form of currency. The roots of the cream cheese are from England, while capers are traditional to Italian cuisine. Bagels and lox have been seen by some as an early 20th century version of contemporary fusion items, such as the ramen burger.

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Elias Youssef serves as the president of Eli’s Corner Gourmet Bagel, located at the Red Barn Plaza in Towaco, New Jersey. 

Entrepreneur Elias Youssef

Elias Youssef remains active with various interests, hobbies, and charitable work.

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