Chefs and Restaurants

Super-Stylish East Village Wine Bar Schmuck is Nobody’s “Fool”

Lia Picard

Schmuck means “fool” in Yiddish, but the design of the East Village bar by the same name is anything but foolish. Designed by co-owners Moe Aljaff (who co-owned Two Schmucks in Barcelona) and Juliette Larrouy and their Berlin-based collaborators, Arash Ghassemi (a restaurateur) and Pauline Deckert (a fashion designer), Schmuck blends design styles and vintage touches...