Technically in Ventnor City, NJ, a mile from Atlantic City, Shalom Pita, slightly more than a year old, has decided to switch it’s menu from dairy to meat.

It will still offer its vegetarian falafel and knishes, but will now offer a full deli and grill menu.

Shalom Pita offers free delivery service for orders in Ventnor or Margate, NJ.
Deliveries to the casinos in Atlantic City are avilible for orders over $50.00.
Shalom Pita is under the Orthodox Kashruth of Vaad Atlantic – The Vaad Hakashruth of Atlantic County.

Here’s their website: www.shalomkosherac.com

Contributed by: Dani Klein | Date of Travel: January 2011

Kosher Info:
The Kosher options in the AC area aren’t many, or particularly exciting, but enough to accommodate the kosher traveler (or kosher gambler) down in south Jersey.

There are 3 kosher restaurants in the Atlantic City vicinity:

• Jerusalem Glatt Kosher Restaurant – 6410 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor City, NJ – A highly overpriced meat restaurant, about a 10 min drive from most hotel casinos. There is only one (two waiters maximum) for the whole place, and even with only 3 tables to serve, the service was still very slow. Food was par/subpar, and the portions were small compared to the price. Most entrées were ~$30, while a comparable dish in most NYC restaurants would have been ~$15. That’s what happens when you have a monopoly on the area. (That was not a pun on the game of Monopoly, which named all the properties after the streets in Atlantic City). Call them for hours of operation.
• Shalom Pita – 6514 Ventnor Ave., Ventnor City, NJ – Down the block from Jerusalem Glatt Kosher Restaurant. Small pizza / dairy place. Not much seating room. Call them for hours of operation. www.shalomkosherac.com
• Shari’s Glatt Kosher Steakhouse – 6821 Blackhorse Pike, Egg Harbor, NJ – about a 20-25 minute drive from most hotels and casinos in Atlantic City, Shari’s is not open all year round (it was closed when I was there in January), and was set to reopen during the warmer months. Family members of mine did try Shari’s over the summer and had the following advice: food is overpriced for what it is, and get there early. If you don’t make a reservation, or are late to your reservation, you may not be seated (during high season I suppose). And when my family was there, they ran out of food – which caused a mini-riot (imagine Kosher observant Jews waiting an hour to eat, to be told there was no more kosher food – OY!). Proceed with caution.

Other Kosher stuff found in AC:

• Salt Water Taffy – The Jersey Shore is known for this treat, as well as some other goodies like caramel and fudge. Fralinger’s and Original James’ (same company) sell all of the above products in Atlantic City, the majority of which carry an OK-D hechsher. They have a large candy store on the Boardwalk next to the Bally’s Casino. It’s well worth your visit as the Salt Water Taffy is absolutely delicious. www.seashoretaffy.com

Travel Info:
Atlantic City is well known for it’s casinos and gambling, and has recently been trying to rebuff other tourist aspects to the city. While the city was quite depressed in the Winter time with few tourists milling around outside or on the boardwalk, the city has a robust outlet shopping area (yes – that is discount brand name stores – calm down!) called “The Walk”, which had some great deals.

Each of the casinos has it’s own flavor and theme, so you’ll have your pick. The Tropicana has a huge complex inside where we found many of the tourists holed up during the cold weather days and nights.

Many of the casinos have no smoking policies – because it’s the law – and yet smoking was rampant in the few that we visited. Call in advance to find out if the no smoking policies are enforced.

The Absecon Lighthouse was a nice historic touristy place to visit, although entirely unrelated to the AC gambling nature of the town.

I recommend bringing your own car to AC, or staying in your hotel/casino. There is however a jitney / shuttle which stops at nearly every casino and takes you to the shopping area as well as the transportation hubs.

The express ACES train is a new way to get to AC from NYC with only 2 stops in under 3 hours (although it is currently not running until May 13th). It departs Penn Station NY, stops in Penn Station Newark, and Atlantic City only. Fares are reasonable starting at $29 o/w.

Jewish Info:
If you’re staying in AC over Shabbat, you may want to stay closer to Ventnor City where the Chabad is located. It’s over an hour walk from most hotels in the Atlantic City area.
Chabad of Atlantic City: www.chabadac.com
6412 Ventor Ave. Ventnor City, NJ

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New York
Manhattan

• Talia’s Steakhouse
• Colbeh
  32 West 39th Street
• Le Marais
• Wolf & Lamb
• Mike’s Pizzeria and Italian Kitchen
  92nd and Amsterdam
• Circa NY
  22 West 33rd Street
• Jerusalem 2 Marketplace (Pizza)
• Mr. Broadway
• Olympic Pita
• Schnitzel Express
  W39th street & Broadway
• Milk & Honey
• Kosher Deluxe
  10 W46th st
• Noah’s Ark
  399 Grand St.
• Bagels & Co.
• Eighteen Restaurant Deli & Grill
  240 East 81st Street
• Prime Grill
  60 East 49th Street
• Prime Ko
  217 West 85th Street

Brooklyn

• Mendelsohn’s Pizza
• China Glatt
  4413 13th Ave.
• Dougies BBQ
  4310 18th Avenue
• Nosh Express
• Pizza Nosh (Nostrand Ave)
• Pizza Nosh (Ave J)
• Pizza Time
• Estihana (Ave J)
• Jerusalem 2 Pizza (Ave J)
• Jerusalem 2 Pizza (Ave M)
• Kosher Delight (Ave J)
• Pizza World (Coney Is. Ave)
• Bon Appetit
• Subsational (Cony Is. Ave)
• Moshi Moshi
• Amazon Cafe
• Sunflower Cafe
• Cafe Renaissance
• Slices of Brooklyn
• Back to Nature
• Moishes Pizza (Ave P)
• Crawford’s (new location – Coney Is Ave)
• Basil Pizza & Wine Bar (Crown Heights)
• Cafe Venezia
• Carlos & Gabby’s (Coney Is. Ave
• Savor Cafe (Ave P & Nostrand Ave)
• NU Cafe 47
  4709 New Utrecht Avenue
• Orchidea
  4815 12th Avenue
• Sophie’s Bistro
  1904 Coney Island Avenue
• T Fusion Steakhouse
  3223 Quentin Road
• Tea for Two Lite
  2811 Nostrand Avenue
• Tea for Two Sushi & Noodle Bar
  1320 East 19th Street
• Yummy Grill

Long Island (5 Towns & North Shore)

• Carlos & Gabby’s
• Shnitzel Time
• David’s Famous Pizza
• Burger’s Bar
• King David Delicatessen
  550 Central Avenue
• Bistro Grill (Broadway)
• Colbeh (Great Neck)
  75 N. Station Plaza
• Colbeh (Roslyn)

Queens

• Kosher Corner Dairy Cafe
  73-01 Main Street
• Grill Point
• Bennys (Union Tpke)
• L’Bella (Main St)
• Yotveta (Union Tpke)
• Chosen Garden (108th st)
• Bagels & Co (Union Tpke)
• Benjys (Main st)
• Benjys 2 (Union Tpke)
• Kosher Subway
• Shimon’s Pizza
• Grill Palace (108 St)

Riverdale

• Riverdelight
  3534 Johnson Avenue

Monsey

• Grand Bamboo
  106 Route 59
• Bagel D’ Lox
• Kosher Castle

New Jersey

• Blackberry Bistro
  401 Main Street Allenhurst
• Fumio Sushi & Steakhouse
  21 East Northfield Road, Livingston
• Glatt Star Restaurant
  155 Elmora Avenue, Elizabeth
• Jerusalem Glatt Kosher Restaurant
  6410 Ventnor Avenue, Ventnor (Atlantic City)

Teaneck
• Fish of the C’s
  454 Cedar Lane
• Smokey Joe’s BBQ
  494 Cedar Lane
• Etc. Steakhouse
  1409 Palisade Ave
• Burger’s Bar
• Nobo Wine & Grill (formerly The Pasta Factory)
  1400 Palisade Avenue
• Mocha Bleu
• Sababa
• The General Store

Philadelphia, PA

• Mama’s Vegetarian
  18 South 20th Street
• Max & David’s
  8120 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA

Niagara Falls, ON, Canada

• Niagara Kosher Pizza
  5930 Victoria Ave (Sukkah located at Chabad – corner of Stanley Ave & Dixon St.)

Montreal, QC, Canada

• Exception’s
• Chez Papa Ernie
  5839 Decarie Blvd
• Ernie & Ellie

Atlanta, GA

• Pita Palace
• Broadway Cafe

Washington, DC

• Eli’s
• Sienna’s (Rockville, MD)

Chicago

• Great Chicago
• Kosher Korner
• Mizrahi Grill
• Sandwich Club
• Shallots
• Slice Of Life
• Hy Life
• Ta’boun

Boston

• Cafe Eilat (Brookline)
• Harvard Hillel Dining Hall (Cambridge)

Florida
Miami Beach, FL

• 41 on the Bay
  4101 Pine Tree Drive (Tower 41)
• Rare Steakhouse
  468 41st Street
• Cine Citta Cafe Miami
  9544 Harding Avenue, Surfside
• Cine Citta Grill
  9472 Harding Avenue, Surfside

Boca Raton, FL

• Sagi’s Grill
  22767 State Road 7
• European Corner Cafe
• Asia

Baltimore

• Dunkin’ Donuts
  Reisterstown Road

Los Angeles

• Fish Grill (W. Pico Blvd)
• Fish Grill (Beverly Blvd)
• Fish Grill (Across from Malibu Pier – Malibu, CA)

Oakland, CA

• Amba Falafel

Denver

• East Side Kosher Deli

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SOUTH AFRICA
The following Beth Din licensed establishments in Johannesburg have erected Sukkot which have been inspected and approved as kosher by the Beth Din:

• Burger Box
• Café Genesis
• Café Monroe
• Corner Café
• Michelos
• Mooz
• Nandos
• PK’s

Jerusalem, Israel

• 1868
  10 King David St 02-6222312
• Ahavat Haiam
  Ben-Zvi Ave. 02-6236767
• Alma
  16 Rivlin Street 02-5020069
• Angelica
  7 Shatz St. 02-6230056
• BABA
  31 Emek Refaim 02-5611344
• BABA Talpiot
  22 Yad Haruzim st. Talpiot 02-6784054
• Belinda
  Wolfson Complex 02-5633995
• Ben Ami
  38 Emek Refaim 02-6510070
• Benny’s Fish
  1 Mesilat Yesharim Street 02-6252403
• Beit Hamaayan
  14 Hamaayan St. Ein Karem 02-6448840
• Black Bar N Burger
  18 Shlomtzion Hamalka 02-6246767
• Buffalo Steak House
  54 Emek Refaim 02-5611325
• Cafe Bagina
  74 Derech Beit Lechem 02-6720825
• Cafe Inbal
  25 Ein Karem Rd 02-6446533
• Caffit
  35 Emek Refaim Street 02-5635284
• Canela
  8 Shlomzion Hamalka Street 02-6222293
• CupOJoe
  38 Keren Hayesod St 02-5610555
• Dolce Latte
  45 Jaffa Road 02-6222238
• El Gaucho
  22 Rivlin Street 02-6242227
• Eucalyptus
  14 Hativat Yerushalayim, 02-6244331
• Feelin
  4 Yad Haruzim, Talpiot 02-6502671
• Gabriel
  7 Shimon Ben Shetach 02-6246444
• Gabriela
  5 Shimon Ben Shetach 02-6246261
• Grill Bar
  1 HaSoreg Street 02-6223761
• Hachazer
  7 Derech Beit Lechem 02-6719922
• Hamishpacha
  12 Yoel Solomon 02-6236886
• Hafinjan
  149 Agrippas St., Jerusalem 02-6222241
• HaTagin
  15 Yad Harutzim Street 02-6725255
• Heimishe Essen
  19 Keren Kayemet Street 02-5639845
• Herzl
  13 Mamila 02-5020555
• Jan’s Tea House
  5 Chopin Street, Jerusalem 02-5612054
• Joy Restaurant
  24 Emek Refaim 02-5630033
• Kedma
  Mamilla Shopping mall, 3rd floor 02-5003737
• Keshet Hachurva
  2 Tiferet Israel 02-6287515
• Keyara
  8 Ramban St 02-5663271
• Kohinoor
  Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza 02-6536667
• Korusin
  Malcha Mall/4 Luntz Street 02-6242042
• La Boca 46 Emek Refaim 02-5635577
• La Guta
  34 Derech Beit Lechem 02-6232322
• Little Italy
  38 Keren Hayesod Street 02-5617638
• Little Jm Anna Ticho House
  9 Harav Kook Street 02-6244186
• Luigi
  12 Yoel Salomon Street 02-6232524
• Luigi Katamon
  35 Shai Agnon Street 02-5633338
• Luciana
  27 Emek Refaim 02-5630111
• Marvad Haksamim
  42 Emek Refaim 02-5670007
• Masaryk
  31 Emek Refaim 02-5636418
• Maxin
  30 Beit Hakerem 02-6535666
• Nina’s Bagel Cafe
  7 Paran Street, Ramot Eshkol 02-5815434
• Noya
  3 Shlomtzion Hamalka St. 02-6257311
• Olive
  36 Emek Refaim 02-5611102
• Olive & Fish
  2 Jabotinsly Street 02-5665020
• Osaka Asian
  1 Helene Hamalka 02-6233787
• Parash
  Commercial Center, Kiriyat Yovel 02-6417389
• Papagaio
  3 Yad Harutzim St. 02-6745745
• Pera E Mela
  Safra Square 02-6230280
• Pichonka
  Nes Harim 02-5799904
• Polly
  1 Yehuda St. Baka 02-6714888
• Quarter Cafe
  11 Tiferet Yisrael Street, Old City 02-6287770
• Rachela
  5 Havatzelet Street 02-6245613
• Red Heifer Steakhouse
  38 King George Street 02-6240504
• River Noodle Bar
  6 Rabbi Akiva Street 02-6222083
• RYU
  25 Emek Refaim 02-5611344
• Selina
  24 Emek Refaim 02-5672049
• Sheyan
  8 Ramban Street 02-5612007
• Shmil At The Lab
  28 Derech Hebron 02-6409080
• Simone
  49 Derech Hebron 02-6729950
• Sofia
  Inbal Hotel 02-6756689
• Soya
  1 Rachel Imenu, Jerusalem 02-5666777
• The Spaghettis
  Mamilla Shopping mall, 3rd floor 02-5003636
• Sushi Bar Rehavia
  29 Azza Street 02-5667477
• Sushi Bar Rehavia on the Emek
  48 Emek Refaim 02-5637777
• Spoons
  21 Ha-Oren Ein kerem 02-6235778
• Taiku
  31 Emek Refaim 02-5665262
• Tmol Shilshom
  5 Yoel Salomon 02-6232758
• Vaqueiro
  54 Haneviim Street 02-6247432
• Village Green
  33 Jaffa Road 02-6253065
• Waffle Bar
  41 Derech Bet Lechem

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As we know, eating meat is considered festive and therefore forbidden (without a siyum) during the 9 days. Thus, many meat restaurants have created special pareve (non meat or dairy) menus to stay open during the 9 Days. To learn more about why we don’t eat meat (or drink wine) during the Nine Days, click here. (Thank you to Great Kosher Restaurants for compiling this list)

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NEW YORK

MANHATTAN

• Eden Wok- Nine Days Menu
• Eighteen Restaurant- Nine Days Menu
• Le Marais- Nine Days Menu
• Mike’s Bistro- Nine Days Menu
• Mr. Broadway- Nine Days Menu
• Talia’s Steakhouse- Nine Days Menu
• Wolf & Lamb- Nine Days Menu
• Chop Chop- Nine Days Menu

BROOKLYN

• Back to Nature- Nine Days Menu
• Carlos & Gabby’s will be closed during the 9 Days and will reopen on Wed., July 21st at 1pm
• China Glatt- Nine Days Special (Buy one sushi, get one free – Note they will be closed Sun, Mon & Tues of next week)
• Dougie’s BBQ- Open with pareve dishes
• Estihana- Open with a pareve menu
• Glatt A La Carte- Nine Days Menu
• M Restaurant- Nine Days Menu
• Orchedia- lunch buffet for $20 is available during the 9 Days

LONG ISLAND

• Chosen Island- Nine Days Menu

NEW ROCHELLE

• Eden Wok- Nine Days Menu

NEW JERSEY

• Fish of the C’s (Teaneck) – Nine Days Menu
• Fumio Sushi & Steakhouse (Livingston)- Nine Days Menu
• Smokey Joe’s BBQ (Teaneck)- will be open Sunday July 18th with a special 9 days menu. Smokey Joe’s will be closed Mon, July 12 through Thursday July 15.
• The Pasta Factory (Teaneck)(soon to be Nobo Wine & Grill)- Nine Days Menu
• The Reserve (Lakewood)- Nine Days Menu

PHILADELPHIA, PA

• Max & David’s will be open with plenty of fish and vegetarian options

MIAMI BEACH, FL

• Rare Steakhouse will be open for the Nine Days, featuring their full line of sushi as well as several daily fish specials

SKOKIE, IL

• Slice of Life has a Full Dairy, Fish and Vegetarian Menu available, with all Three Dining Rooms will Open for Seating to Accommodate Any Size Group

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA

• The Kitchen Table- Nine Days Lunch Menu | Dinner Menu

MONTREAL, QC

• El Morocco & Morty’s Steakhouse will be open during the Nine Days and feature an extensive Fish and Mock Seafood menu.
• Ernie & Ellie- Nine Days Menu

Smokey Joe’s BBQ on Cedar Lane in Teaneck, NJ is a unique Tex-Mex Barbecue style restaurant with amazing smoked meat including Ribs, Brisket, Buffalo Wings – accompanied by great finger licking sauces. Check them out at: http://www.smokeyjoesbbq.com

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Contributed by: Daniel Wenger | Last Dates of Travel: [Author grew up in N. NJ]

Major Towns: Englewood, Fair Lawn, Teaneck, West Orange
Up and Coming: Bergenfield, Fort Lee, Paramus, Passaic

Kosher Info: Supermarkets throughout the area feature large Kosher sections, and many store-brand items are certified. The Rabbinical Council of Bergen County (RCBC) is the local certifying agency that handles the supermarkets, restaurants, etc.

Teaneck

Teaneck is widely considered to be the epicenter of Jewish – and Kosher – life in northern New Jersey. Most of the activity is centered around Cedar Lane to the south and West Englewood Avenue to the north. Food is available at everything from bakeries to cafés to mini-marts.

Some of the selection on Cedar Lane (always subject to change):

• Butterflake Bakery offers Milchig (dairy) and Pareve selections of breads, cakes, cookies, and other fine pastries.
• Pizza Crave is the one remaining pizza store on Cedar Lane after Jerusalem Pizza closed down.
• Ma’adan is Cedar Lane’s Kosher mini-mart, but also provides significant catering services, from their takeout Shabbat deli and hot food counters to fully-staffed Bar Mitzvas.
• Noah’s Ark deli (and now really also a grill) is a classic by all standards. I still crave their sliced steak sandwich, and even the salami on rye just tastes better there. Bonus points for supplying half-sour pickles. Its sister…er, wife Shelly’s dairy restaurant, now in Noah’s Ark’s original location, offers a decent selection, but has always lacked something when you compare it to the main event.
• A trip to Cedar Lane is always well topped off with a trip to Fancy Delights, where I have been known to buy enough sugar to last me a month but eat within a week.

West Englewood Avenue continues to grow as the Jewish high schools and young married apartments continue to be filled. Local offerings include:

• Glatt Express has been the Kosher supermarket of the area for many many years, providing regular groceries (milk, eggs, fruits, vegetables, cereal, etc.) as well as large bakery, meat, cheese, and specialty Kosher sections.
• EJ’s Pizza is all that’s left for pizza after Plaxza Pizza closed (that’s right, there used to be 4 pizza stores n Teaneck!)
• The Pasta Factory is upscale Milchig, and the nearby Rabica Café is a similar but smaller version for your fish and grain needs.
• Chopstix chinese takeout has been a staple of Shabbat meals in Teaneck and now also West Orange.
• Dougie’s BBQ and grill. Need I say more?

Englewood

Englewood is a fancier, more spread out town, so once you’re driving anyway, you might as well go to Teaneck. Nonetheless, there are several Kosher food suppliers there, and some Milchig (dairy) hangouts to boot.

Fair Lawn

Fair Lawn is significantly westward down Route 4, so coming to the Teaneck/Englewood/Bergenfield area isn’t always easy. As such, in addition to the local supermarkets, they offer a self-standing bakery, Chinese takeout, and a Pita place.

West Orange

West Orange is an outpost a bit farther south and west, but holds down its own with a couple of restaurants while also being nearby Elizabeth in addition to the Bergen County towns.

If you’re really close to the northern border of NY state, you’ll be nearby Monsey and Spring Valley, NY, which is yet another Jewish headquarters of sorts.

Tourist Info: The most major attraction near northern NJ is, of course, New York City. New Jersey Transit busses (and sometimes trains) run throughout the area and will take you to Port Authority (42nd Street) or Penn Station. Some will also take you across the George Washington Bridge and points north, which, offer some great senic views along the Palisades.

Shopping can be found everywhere, from the main streets of the towns where you find the restaurants to the sides of the highways which are like really long strip malls. The Garden State Plaza is the major mall in the area. Other family attractions (like batting cages, driving ranges, bowling, etc.) can be found here and there, mostly in the intervening towns (like Hackensack) which have a more commercial/industrial feel to them.

Of the towns listed, you’ll notice how there is no real representation in the western end of the state. Indeed, the major communities are all much closer to New York City, and as you travel west, you see less dense and more wooded areas until you reach Pennsylvania. The farther north and west you go, the more outdoorsy locations will be available to you. See the post on Manhattan, NY.

Jewish Info: So many choices! Given the proximity of these towns to each other, to central NJ, and to New York, the options for Shuls, schools, food, and every other aspect of life are in large supply. Thus the intermingling of communities and their residents is at a much higher rate than other regions, which provides many options for how to raise your family or meet the right person to start your own.

Minyanim meet at all times of the day, and local parks fill up on summer Shabbat afternoons. While one should take care to ensure that the community they are in matches their ideologies, finding such a community is guaranteed, given the extreme variety to be found in the area.