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Contributed by: Dani Klein | Last Date of Travel: June 2011 Kosher Info: The title of this post is kind of misleading in that you're definitely going to find kosher places to eat in the Old City. In the Jewish Quarter that is. Don't expect to find anything kosher in the Christian, Muslim, or Armenian [...]

Scrolling through my Facebook feed, I noticed people asking what kosher restaurants were open in their various neighborhoods. I decided it would be a good idea for YeahThatsKosher to post a list for the NY Metro area. So I put up a Facebook status asking people if they knew of any restaurants currently open, and [...]

Following last week’s announcement of “Chicken.org” opening in Philadelphia, the same owners have converted its other meat-themed establishment, “Burger.org” into a Glatt Kosher burger joint as of today. The Israeli owners of these establishments have added 2 fleishig restaurants to Philly within a matter of a few days. Burger.org is located at 326 South Street, [...]

Thank you to Claire Horwich (@PrinceHorwich) for this review while she was in Israel recently.   Cafe Tapuz – Nehalim Street, Bazra Moshav, Israel Phone: 09-746-9322     Café Tapuz is located in an orange grove in Moshav Bazra (Batzra/Batsra/Basra – or however it is spelled in English) in the Sharon region of Israel (directly [...]

San Jose is not your center of Jewish life, and although normally we do not cover kosher markets, I felt that as a travel site, we should let people who are traveling through San Jose know about the availability of picking up some Kosher items. It’s called Pars Kosher Market, located at 3978 S. Bascom [...]

The Chicken.Org restaurant opened in Philadelphia on Tuesday at 534 South 4th Street (SW corner of 4th & South Sts). Israeli owners Eyal Aranya and Yoni Nadav also own Philly burger joint Burgers.org (which is NOT kosher, but may be coverted to a Glatt Kosher restaurant soon). They decided to launch Chicken.org as a Glatt [...]

Kingston Ave. in Crown Heights, Brooklyn is getting its own Schnitzel “sandwich” shop in ‘Prime Sandwich’, which is set to open directly before or after the Jewish holidays (2011). According to Shamis.com, the restaurant will be under the Hashgacha of the Beis Din of Crown Heights (CHK).

Coffee Bean, the ever popular Los Angeles caffeine shop is opening up 4 shops in Manhattan… the first within the next 2 weeks – by the end of August – at 1412 Broadway on the corner of 39th street. The California coffee chain is set to launch 4 locations in NYC in the coming year. [...]

Technically in Ventnor City, NJ, a mile from Atlantic City, Shalom Pita, slightly more than a year old, has decided to switch it’s menu from dairy to meat. It will still offer its vegetarian falafel and knishes, but will now offer a full deli and grill menu. Shalom Pita offers free delivery service for orders [...]

In the past month, a new Kosher Food Truck hit NYC. The former Quick Stop Kosher truck was purchased by the “Kosher Fresh Diet” and is now “The Kosher Fresh Diet Express“, serving kosher observant New Yorkers. Fare being sold includes sandwiches, wraps, salads, as well as healthy breakfast and dinner entrees, found only on [...]

The Jerusalem Beer Festival is celebrating its 7th year at the city's historic train station, now a cultural center near Yemin Moshe and Katamon. Over 100,000 liters of more than a hundred brands from all over the world will be offered, mainstream, boutique and local brewed.

Tu B'Av (ט"ו באב), known locally in Israel as the holiday of love (חג האהבה), or the "Jewish Valentine's Day". For more info on the background of this minor Jewish holiday, click here. The Inbal Jerusalem Hotel is offering diners an unique experience at their Sofia restaurant with a special Tu B'Av menu and dessert. [...]

YTK covered availability of Kosher food at the US Tennis Open yesterday. I had a related experience courtesy of Starwood Hotels “SPG Moments” program. Here’s the background… Starwood Hotels manages one of most flexible and valuable loyalty point programs out there, Starpoints for Starwood Preferred Guests (or “SPG”). In addition to the usual like free hotel stays or [...]

For those of us who work all the way downtown in the financial district of New York, a kosher restaurant closing is a sad day. So when Essex on Coney Downtown closed, it reduced our options significantly. Replacing “Essex” will be a new restaurant called “Good Fellas” at 17 Trinity Place. And even though the [...]

For those attending the US Open (Tennis) looking for Kosher food this summer, Kosher Sports, Inc, under the supervision of the Star K, will have the exclusive Kosher food cart at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, NY. The stand will be located near Court 12 on the edge of the [...]

The following is an account of one of our community members who survived last month’s Oslo terrorist attack. The person wishes to remain anonymous. On July 22nd, 2011 Norway was hit with the deadliest terrorist attack its country has ever seen – and I was in the middle of it. At about 3:25pm, a politically [...]

Cafe Carmel is no longer in business. Aderet International Cuisine is at the same location, 13410 Preston Road, suite J. It is a small meat restaurant that serves excellent Mediterranean food. The dishes certainly reflect the Texas-style of large portioned food, but the taste is just as good as anything as I’ve had in Israel. [...]

According to The Independent (original article), Switzerland and Israel topped the list of “Adventure Tourism”. Israel ranked top amongst “Developing Nations” (which is an odd placement if you ask me) and Switzerland topped the “Developed Nations” list. The 3rd annual Adventure Travel Development Index (ADTI) which ranked 195 countries, giving a score to each one [...]

We all know that Dairy Kosher restaurants will be open during the 9 Days, but what about those meaty fleishig places we all love? Well, the smart ones have developed a heavy fish / vegetarian / sushi menu to occupy your wallets. Here’s a list of the MEAT places open with special 9 Days menus:

Located approximately 45 minutes south of Albany, NY, a new Kosher Pizzeria has opened in Hudson, in Columbia County. The region is scenic and green, which makes the area an attractive location for NY area Jews in the summertime. It is worth noting though that Park Falafel and Pizza is open 7 days a week, [...]

Having had a baby 8 months ago I still have plenty of weight left to lose. I decided to try The Kosher Fresh Diet for a full week. The Kosher Fresh Diet is owned by “The Fresh Diet”. Everyday between 5PM-7AM a deliveryman drops off an insulated cooler bag packed with ice full of of [...]