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Solo, the high-end restaurant owned by Prime Hospitality Group inside the Sony building has finished its conversion of the meat restaurant into a dairy restaurant and will officially launch as Solo Dairy Italian Kitchen on Sunday. H/T to Elan from Great Kosher Restaurants.

With the recent closings of Cafe Sapore, Kind David Deli, Sabra Pizza, and Off the Grill, it was only a matter of time before their shoes would be filled. While the locations once held by King David & Off the Grill are still empty (and we’re hoping kosher restaurants will take their places), Cafe Sapore [...]

Despite some press and locals believing that the Bareburger chain opening in the heavily Jewish town of Great Neck, Long Island would be kosher, it is not to be. In a recent conversation with management at Bareburger, they confirmed that the organic, all-natural and locally sourced ingredient burger chain will not be opening a kosher [...]

Good news for kosher observant Torontonians. After a spate of kosher restaurant closings, a new Glatt Kosher deli has opened this week in the Bathurst & Lawrence area: Ben & Izzy’s Deli. As of today, they have chosen not to participate in COR’s Kosher Restaurant Month across most of Toronto’s Kosher restaurants, offering 10% off [...]

Brand new to San Diego is kosher restaurant, The Grille, which opened earlier this week. According to Great Kosher Restaurants: The Grille is a casual and modern restaurant with an international flavor, bringing you the best from Mexico, Israel, Turkey, China, Japan, and Italy. They offer mouthwatering dishes that include gourmet hamburgers, fresh salads, fish [...]

The owners of the relatively new Citron & Rose in Merion Station, PA (aka Philly suburbs) are in process of securing a new locale for a dairy restaurant somewhere on Montgomery Ave – seeking to launch in January 2014 (according to the manager at C+R). While Citron & Rose is an upscale eatery (perhaps the [...]

UPDATE 2: We spoke with local Chabad rabbi, Rabbi Uriel Rivkin of the Young Israel of Tampa, and he confirmed that the restaurant DOES NOT have a Orthodox hashgacha. We also called into the restaurant and were not given a clear answer from the owner or manager as to what the “kosher” supervision actually is. [...]

Late last year, a new dairy / fish restaurant opened in Cancun. Dag Dag’s website (koshercancunrestaurant.com) details their menu and prices in English. In doing research on the restaurant, we found one mention – a review of the restaurant from January, which didn’t paint a rosy picture of their service: dagdag kosher in cancun (bring [...]

Didn’t realize that Kosher Mexican food was a thing yet? Well, be sure to check out one of these eateries around the U.S. to get a south of the border flavor. Check out: Mexikosher – Los Angeles – perhaps the best authentic Mexican kosher you will find. (Read my recent review in the Jewish Week) [...]

Newly opened in the Miami area: KOSH (no relation to the restaurant in Stamford, CT) – Located in Surfside near the posh Bal Harbour, is a fancy eatery billing itself as a steakhouse / bistro / sushi / tapas restaurant. It is run by the former manager of nearby Harbor Grill. Click here to view their [...]

The COR Kasruth Council of Canada, Toronto’s main kashrut agency, is promoting May as “Kosher Restaurant Month” in Toronto and Thornhill, offering 10% off (seemingly) all kosher restaurants and eateries under COR supervision. This coupon MUST be printed for EACH use, so you may need to kill a few trees if you want to eat [...]

In this week’s Jewish Week newspaper, I wrote an article about the deluge in kosher restaurants in NYC focusing on high-end burgers. (Click here to read the article). The catalyst behind the article were my recent meals at Amsterdam Burger Co. (ABC), Le Marais, and Mr. Broadway, coupled with the news that Teaneck’s Gotham Burger [...]

According to GreatKosherRestaurants: Bravo Pizza has taken over the Wall Street restaurant, Cravings located at 17 Trinity Place. Although Bravo Pizza is a non-kosher chain in NYC, they opened a kosher pizzeria on Broadway in midtown last year. The phone number is remaining the same (212-344-1111) and they will keep the frozen yogurt store next door. [...]

One of the largest Jewish orthodox suburbs of NYC, the 5 Towns in Nassau County, Long Island, NY is home to many kosher restaurants serving the local communities, as well as neighboring Far Rockaway, Oceanside, Long Beach, West Hempstead, and sometimes even travelers via JFK. Here’s some recent kosher restaurant news in the area: OPENINGS: [...]

Ari White, the grillmaster behind Hakadosh BBQ, is bringing his Texas Roadside Smokehouse BBQ to streetfairs across New York this Spring and Summer. Those street fairs have historically been void of kosher fare as this will fill a void in the NYC kosher landscape. This ‘pop-up’ kosher establishment, if we can call it that, holds [...]

The relatively new but successful Teaneck eatery, Gotham Burger, is opening a 2nd location in Manhattan’s Upper West Side neighborhood, only blocks from the new Amsterdam Burger Co. (owned by the same owners as Mike’s Bistro). According to Great Kosher Restaurants: They are turning the place into a sports bar/burger place with a VIP lounge. [...]

Looking for the Coke with the yellow bottle caps in LA? SF? SD? You won’t find it this year again. According to Vosizneias.com: Update: Kosher consumers in Los Angeles are reporting that K4P Coke is available at a few locals markets. However, the below article may still ring true as these bottles may be (illegally?) [...]

Exclusive Story: While it is no secret that there have been many changes to the kosher scene in midtown NYC over the past year and a half, this secret has been kept under wraps for a few months now. Schnitzel Express, the relatively new but successful schnitzel sandwich restaurant near Times Square, is currently expanding next [...]

A kosher restaurant has opened in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The restaurant aptly named Kosher in Paradise is located right near the docks, where 1,000′s of tourists disembark daily. Kosher In Paradise is across the street from the Chabad Welcome Center and is run by Rabbi Levi and Rochel Leah Stein. They serve Paninis, [...]

This week, a new kosher French restaurant has opened in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, Chagall Bistro. In an interview with the owner, Dan Halimi, discussed with YeahThatsKosher about his new restaurant. We purchased this restaurant a year ago, fixing it up, and making it a more upscale eatery. Being Jewish and from France, [...]

A new Barbecue place has opened in the hip area of Lakeview, Chicago. Milt’s Barbecue for the Perplexed gets its name from the famous text written by Moses Maimonides. The eatery offers all sorts of barbecue goodies like ribs, smoked chicken, fried okra, beef bacon, Romanian hot dogs, and infused bourbon. Also you can feel [...]

New York Jezebel in Soho is changing their name and certification. Click here to read more.  ** Click here to read our review of Jezebel. ** The Prime Hospitality Group is launching an artisan handcrafted pizza restaurant, Pizza Da Solo next to Solo in The Sony building in NYC.  Click here to read more. Solo, in [...]

If the flurry of recent restaurant openings and moves by the Prime Hospitality Group didn’t get your head spinning yet (Prime at the Bentley / Prime Grill moving), well, it will now. In their first foray into the dairy scene, Prime is opening a small pizza joint, Pizza da Solo, a takeout-only pizzeria making 10-inch [...]

Since it’s opening, Jezebel has faced many untrue rumors, mainly that it isn’t really kosher. Kosher diners have also taken issue with the name that is meant to be after a decades-old movie, but for most, it conjured up the biblical Israelite queen accused of being promiscous, thus an odd name for a kosher institution. [...]

Post by @DaniOpp Just in time for the Pesach pizza rush, Lia’s NY Pizza has opened on Miami Beach on 41st street. Taking over the old Jona’s Pizza location, Lia’s boasts a Cholov Yisroel Menu with Pizzas, Sandwiches, Breakfast all day, Salads, and Falafel. (menu) While the food will be familiar to those who went [...]

After 41 years serving the 5 Towns Jewish community on Central Ave (and thousands of HAFTR students), Sabra Pizza will be closing it’s doors on Feb 18th, 2013. Not long after Ruthie’s, next door, closed and became incorporated into the Sabra restaurant, the largest of the area’s kosher pizza shops will be gone. Remaining on [...]

After 13 years at their beautiful location on the east side (60 East 49th street), The Prime Grill will be moving to a larger location a few blocks away to 25 West 56th Street, 7 blocks north, formerly home to the old Beacon Restaurant & Bar. You can still eat at the current location until [...]

Again, Restaurant Week, which is actually 3 weeks long, will be void of any participating kosher restaurants. To my knowledge, no kosher restaurant has ever participated in this event. It is currently in year 21. (See our post from last year) I’m unsure if this is deliberate, if no kosher restaurants qualify to participate, or [...]

Perhaps Pitopia wasn’t doing well selling just falafel, hummus, and fried eggplant? The store recently upgraded its offerings to include Shwarma, Schnitzel, Hot Dogs, and Sausages. They’ve added sushi to the menu as well. (Who doesn’t love sushi b’pita?) We’ll investigate and find out if it’s good enough to consider a lunchtime visit. Click here [...]

Shang-Chai, the 4 decades-old, famous, kosher Chinese restaurant on Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn, will be closing its door this week (1/1/13) due to “renovations” (according to thejfile.com). “A bank is likely to open in the location” in place of the restaurant according to the maître d’ of ShangChai. Shang-Chai was one of those places that [...]

  Hamachi Sushi Bar is the newest kosher restaurant in Chicago. On corner of Howard and California, on the border between the West Rogers Park and Evanston, Hamachi is a sleek, modern looking restaurant, with a full menu of basic to highly complex sushi rolls. The restaurant is on the smaller side with only handful of [...]

The Middle Eastern kosher eatery in midtown Manhattan, Pitopia, will be offering free falafel sandwiches all day tomorrow in store: Monday, 11/26/12 until they close at 11pm.  

Post By George Medovoy ; Star Chef Michael Solomonov of Philadelphia will open Citron and Rose on November 7th, a new glatt kosher restaurant, in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania this fall on the Main Line outside of Philly. ; Solomonov, the 33-year-old winner of the 2011 James Beard Award for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic, went restaurant hopping [...]

Earlier this month a brand new kosher eatery & bar opened at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) (known in Israel as "נתב״ג") called "Schmoozy Tapas & Wine Bar". The large and spacious restaurant also includes a separate smoking lounge for travelers … which I was assured does not make the restaurant smell like smoke. The [...]

Good news for Washington Heights residents! Carlos & Gabby's of Riverdale has announced that it will be starting FREE delivery to Washington Heights by early November. No specific date has been set yet. In a conversation with the manager at the Riverdale C&G's, I was notified that the delivery will likely be 2 days a [...]

"Prime at The Bentley", from The Prime Hospitality Group – owners of Prime Grill, Solo, Prime KO, and Prime Butcher Baker, will be a pop-up kosher restaurant opening on the rooftop of the east side Bentley Hotel, opening on September 30th, just in time for the Sukkot holiday. The hotel rooftop will house a massive [...]

When I tried "Burger.org" (website is actually Burgerorg.com) last year at their original location in Philly a few months after they opened, I was not impressed. They also had a location nearby called "Chicken.org". Unsure if that still exists.  But perhaps they've turned things around.  Since last summer, they've opened 3 additional locations, one on [...]

OK. That was fast. Last year we reported that "Max and David's was prodiving Kosher Food at Lincoln Financial Field for Eagles Games" in Philly. Well, no longer. Good news is, Kosher food is still available via stands run by Keep It Kosher LLC, with a Kof-K hechsher (the website is pretty awful – but we [...]

Grill 212 is a new meat restaurant on the Upper West Side opening today starting at lunch time. It is a Middle Eastern fare style restaurant and according to their Facebook page, will be open weeknights until 11pm.  Under the hashgcha of Rabbi Avrohom Marmorstein. If you get to try them this week, please comment [...]

The Kitchen Table, one of the most unique Kosher restaurants of modern day, will be closing its doors for good this Sunday, June 3rd, according to their Facebook post yesterday. I recently had the opportunity to try and review TKT, and was glad I did before they close. Both the service and the food were [...]

The "41 on the Bay" restaurant, inside Tower 41 in Miami Beach, has closed. There is someone coming in to take over for Shavuot Yom Tov meals this week. There is a rumor in the building, that if the restaurant does well and runs smoothly, this new person will continue to keep running the restaurant. [...]

In a conversation yesterday with the manager at Clubhouse Cafe, located right in heart of Manhattan in Times Square, it was confirmed that the restaurant will be closing this week, serving its last customers this Thursday night, 5/24/12. The restaurant, with same ownership as Le Marais across the street, is not closing due to poor [...]

The popular Kosher eatery in the lobby of the Empire State Building is no longer Kosher. The restaurant has reportedly been sold and will not be maintained as a Kosher pizzeria.  H/T to @ElyRosenstock   

An odd name, and an odd location (for a Kosher restaurant), Jezebel is seeking to create another unique kosher experience in NYC, along the likes of Pardes, Mike's Bistro, and Basil. According to this recent WSJ article, Jezebel may be the first kosher restaurant to serve nonmevushal wine (unpasterized kosher wine), which is a huge [...]

For the 2nd time in under a year, Pomegranate Bistro closed it's doors, this time permanently after serving dinner on Sunday, April 29th. The restaurant reopened in January after being closed for 7 months. The owners of the restaurant claimed that the lack of financial success as well as some legal issues forced the restaurant's [...]

Wolf & Lamb Steakhouse, the popular midtown Manhattan restaurant, is opening up a new location in Midwood, on the corner of Coney Island Ave. & Ave. M. This space has been occupied by at least 1-2 other kosher restaurants over the past 10+ years, but hopefully this unique location will work well for the existing [...]

Thank you to @DaniOpp for your eagle eyes in catching & reporting this: Kosher Korner in the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, FL (just west of Ft. Lauderdale & north of Miami) normally sells Glatt Kosher food at their stand for Panthers hockey games. Now, in the playoffs, they've been found to be selling "kosher-style" food [...]

The beloved Philly Kosher eatery, Max & David's of Elkins Park located in the Yorktown Plaza, is not reopening its doors after Passover, according to its owner Steve Katz (quoted by Philly.com). The restaurant was not profitable. Katz did note, however, that Max & David's will still live on as a food truck, with a [...]

The New Orleans famous Cafe Du Monde chain, is now under strict orthodox rabbinical supervision for its fried beignets (its main food item). Beignets are a local delicacy and were brought to Louisiana by the Acadians (17th century French colonists). These were fried fritters, sometimes filled with fruit. Today, the beignet is a square piece [...]

The Reserve Tavern located @ 5395 Queen Mary, Montreal, Canada, formerly under the supervision of Montreal Kosher (MK) has Closed. Agadir Restaurant located @ 3599 NE 207th Street, in The Waterways Shops in Aventura, Florida, has decided to not be Kosher Certified and is NO LONGER under Kosher Miami supervision and certification or under any [...]