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Kosher Options Near the Israel Day Parade & Celebrate Israel Festival 2015

[Image from Shalom-Torah.org]
With the huge Israel Day Parade coming up on this Sunday May 31st, many people and families will seek convenient kosher options in the city.

While this list is not exhaustive by any means, I wanted to compile a quick cheat sheet for you to use on Sunday should the day get a bit crazy (i.e. you get a little ‘hangry’ and need some good kosher grub):

NEAR PARADE LIST:

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Midtown (near parade route)

  • Butterfish
  • Cafe Classico
  • Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (405 Park Avenue by 54th Street – is typically closed on Sundays but will be open this Sunday for the parade)
  • Great American Health Bar
  • Mike’s Bistro
  • Milk and Honey
  • Pizza da Solo
  • Prime Grill
  • Wolf and Lamb

UWS

  • Amsterdam Burger Co.
  • Gotham Burger
  • Kasbah
  • My Most Favorite Food
  • Noi Due
  • Prime Burger
  • Prime Ko
  • Talia’s Steakhouse

I’m sure there are a bunch more places I’m leaving out here. Feel free to post your go-to places in the comments below.

Additionally, there’s a huge Celebrate Israel Festival in the afternoon on the west side by the Hudson River (i.e. a schlep to the closest kosher restaurant), with a bunch of kosher restaurants and businesses offering their foods on-site including:

CELEBRATE ISRAEL FESTIVAL LIST:

  • 16 Handles
  • Colbeh
  • Dolce Vita
  • Eden Wok
  • Filicori Zecchini
  • Gan Asia
  • Grill on Wheels
  • Olympic Pita
  • Pitopia
  • Rita’s Italian Ices
  • Schnitzi
  • Soom Soom
  • Teaneck Doghouse
  • Terri

 

About the author

Dani Klein

Dani Klein founded YeahThatsKosher in 2008 as a global kosher restaurant & travel resource for the Jewish community.

He is passionate about traveling the world, good kosher food / restaurants, social media & the web, technology, hiking, strategy games, and spending time with his friends & family.