J2 Pizza in NYC is Closing; Reopening Nearby as “Jerusalem Cafe”

Thanks for getting the story out that we are moving J2. Don’t worry, our income is actually up by 50% over the past several months as the owners of the prior two years were a bit rough on customers (you shouldn’t have to get yelled at if you ask for an extra salad dressing). We simply decided that we wanted to continue to sell our great variety of fresh food, at charges that don’t ruin your appetite, in a nice place. Redoing the current J2 would have cost $350,000 to run the a new interior ventilation system up over twenty stories, $125,000 to redo the a/c (have you visited in the summer lately, valiant battles with the 1950′s system were only won sometimes) and then the cost to redecorate. While the prior owners were nasty they did introduce a Korean buffet Fresh Salmon and fried fish (delivered each morning from the fish market),  pastas and  fresh side dishes for $9.85 a pound. Where else in kosher Manhattan can you get fresh salmon and sides for around $10. Our new sushi chef has doubled our sushi sales over the past few months. We have added design your own subs, to our design your own salads along with a number of other new foods. You can now get a number of new desserts. Tiramisu can be delicious without being crazy expensive. However, something had to be done about the place. Over the next several weeks we will be making changes to our new location. This is a place where you can enjoy eating in a nice place. Designed like an upscale restaurant it is now even a nice place for a date (not 8th-or 9th anymore like the current place). We look forward to keeping our very diverse group of customers happy for another 35 years.
Abe