Occupied by #OWS, Milk Street Cafe on Wall St. Needs Our Patronage

The Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) movement is now running on its 7th week of mass protests in lower Manhattan. While the crowds are fighting for better wages, jobs, and other economic issues, one of their unintended casualties has been a local Kosher restaurant: Milk Street Cafe, located on Wall Street, and just opened this summer (see my video of the restaurant by clicking here).

Due to the protests, the thriving restaurant is no longer thriving, and just laid off 21 employees from the large restaurant (nearly a quarter of his staff) — which by the way – has THREE separate kosher kitchens, dairy, meat, and pareve (certified by the OU).

The protests + police barricades make it extremely difficult – but not impossible – to reach for pedestrians. Remember, Wall St. is a pedestrian mall, and currently, it is carved up and blocked by many barricades.

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Tags: Kosher, kosher restaurant, Manhattan, milk st, milk street cafe, ny, ny kosher, ny restaurant, nyc, occupy wall street, OWS, wall street

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Grand Opening of Sushein (1st Kosher Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant) in NYC [Review]

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Sushein is a brand new Kosher sushi restaurant officially opening today in downtown Manhattan (NYC) near City Hall. What makes Sushein unique is that they are the 1st kosher sushi restaurant in the U.S. to have a conveyor belt in the restaurant deliver sushi to its patrons. I have seen these conveyor belt sushi places before, but never kosher. I was lucky enough to be invited to a special “invite-only” premiere this Sunday, and I left full, satisfied, and overall had a great culinary experience. (Scroll down to the bottom for more pictures from Sushein)

The way a conveyor belt sushi restaurant works is the conveyor belt loops between the kitchen or sushi chefs making the sushi/sashimi/hand rolls/seaweed salads/etc. and the patrons. Each plate of sushi is color coated, which delineates the cost of that plate. You can grab whatever you want off of the conveyor belt and just eat. No ordering required. You can, however, order something from the menu a la carte from one of the waiters.

>> Watch the video to see the conveyor belt in action

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Tags: asian fusion, Kosher, kosher ny, kosher nyc, kosher restaurant, kosher review, kosher sushi, new kosher restaurant, niki broyn, ny, nyc, sushein, sushi conveyor belt

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Café Tapuz in Bazra Moshav, Israel [Guest Review]

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 north of Ra’anana) [and in case you didn't know, "Tapuz" means Orange in Hebrew]. It’s a really stunning setting where you can sit inside or out, but mostly outside on the deck, where little tables are placed in-between the trees … with the smell of oranges everywhere! Tea lights were strategically placed on the wooden, rustic tables.

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Tags: basra, batsra, batzra, bazra, kosher israel, kosher raanana, kosher restaurant, kosher sharon, moshav

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