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NY Financial District Gets a New Lunch Option: Cravings

Since the unfortunate closure of the Milk Street Cafe in the Financial District, many who work on Wall Street have been without a Kosher lunch option. As you may remember, the owner of the cafe protested not only Occupy Wall Street's activities outside his storefront, but also the NYPD baracades that made it difficult for [...]

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Breaking: Rosa’s Pizza in Empire State Building is No Longer Kosher

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   

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New Soho Kosher Restaurant to Open: Jezebel

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 [...]

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Review of “Basil” in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY

After many months pushing off dining at Basil, and after spending a Shabbat in Crown Heights, I was excited to finally try the restaurant Motzei Shabbat, only to find out they were temporarily closed due to a gas leak. Luckily, a week later we were invited by fellow foodie friends to join them at Basil [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Oahu / Honolulu, Hawaii

Contributed by Alon Asefovitz  |  Last Date of Travel: January 2012 Kosher Information: In January my wife and I decided to take a trip to Hawaii for a week and just relax before she gives birth. We came with some food but we were aware of the various options out there for us. There are [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Anna Maria Island, FL (Outside of Tampa / St. Petersburg)

Contributed by Rachel Moore  |  Last Date of Travel: February 2012 Four women turning forty years old, middle school friends who have not seen each other since they were sixteen, rent a Florida beach house together for 5 days.  Sounds like the beginning of a chick flick doesn’t it?   We had all been close [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Boston, MA (UPDATED)

Contributed by Paul Hurwitz | Resident in Boston area NOTE: This is an update to an older article I wrote. The list of kosher establishments has been updated. Kosher Info: For a city as big as the Boston Metro area, you’d think there would be more kosher restaurants. Unfortunately this is not the case, but there [...]

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A Review of “The Upper Crust” in the 5 Towns, NY

  Review by Arielle Klein It seems that restaurants come and go rather quickly. In place of what used to be "Fusion Toast", which came and went without my ever even setting foot in the place – is now a new restaurant called "The Upper Crust". Luckily this time I was able to get in [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in San Francisco, CA

Contributed by Dani Klein | Last Date of Travel: March 2012 Kosher Info:  SF: San Francisco is a large American city with depressingly few kosher options. In the downtown area, there is only one (small) kosher restaurant, Sabra Grill, which doesn't even deliver. Advice I received from the locals was to avoid unless there were [...]

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A Review of “Toast” in Woodland Hills, CA

Review submitted by Estee C.     Address: 15001 Ventura Blvd. Woodland Hills, CA When did it open: 2 months ago Ambiance: Cool, valley chic. Light colors, modern fixings. Beautiful out door seating option. Upscale, trendy, super clean, but has a warm vibe. You feel very valued as a customer and welcome in this place. [...]

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Wolf & Lamb Opening New Restaurant in Brooklyn

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 [...]

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Beware: Florida Panthers Serving “Kosher-Style” Food at Kosher Korner Kiosk for Playoffs

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 [...]

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Philly’s Max & David’s Not Reopening After Pesach; Opening Food Truck Instead

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 [...]

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Open for Passover Kosher Restaurants [DC Metro Area] 2012

We've been compiling this list for the past few weeks – should there be any restaurants missing from this list from anywhere in the world, please message below or tweet us [@YeahThatsKosher] and we'll add the restaurants not on the list.   Rockville, MD: Moti's Grill, 4860 Boiling Brook Pkwy (301) 231-0839 H/T to @weinberg81

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Open for Passover Kosher Restaurants [Los Angeles] 2012

We've been compiling this list for the past few weeks – should there be any restaurants missing from this list from anywhere in the world, please message below or tweet us [@YeahThatsKosher] and we'll add the restaurants not on the list.   Los Angeles: Eilat Bakery, 9060 West Pico Blvd (310) 205-8700 Shiloh's Steakhouse, 8939 [...]

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Open for Passover Kosher Restaurants [NYC Metro Area] 2012

We've been compiling this list for the past few weeks – should there be any restaurants missing from this list from anywhere in the world, please message below or tweet us [@YeahThatsKosher] and we'll add the restaurants not on the list.   Manhattan: Abigael's, 1407 Broadway  (212) 575-1407 Clubhouse Cafe, 155 W46th Street (212) 354-3838 [...]

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