Sufgania by Almah Cafe opens this Tuesday, November 10, in Jamaica Estates, Queens, bringing a doughnut-focused Chanukah pop-up from the owners of the Brooklyn cafe. The business announced the opening date on Sunday, with sufganiyot at the center of the launch. Almah describes the project as Sufgania and Almah Cafe coming together “under one roof.” The pop-up opens in the run-up to Chanukah, which begins the evening of December 4.
10 Dozen Sufganiot Giveaway
To mark the launch, Sufgania x Almah Cafe is giving away 10 dozen sufganiyot. Ten winners each receive a box of a dozen, redeemable at the winner’s choice of the three locations: the new Sufgania pop-up in Jamaica Estates, or either Almah Cafe in Brooklyn. Entry runs through the announcement reel on Instagram: share it to your story, like it, and tag friends and family in the comments. Each tag counts as another chance to win.
From Almah Cafe to Sufgania
Almah Cafe comes from the same owners as Mama Kitchen, Shai and Shira Asias. Their food business began with Shira’s home-cooked meals for Israeli workers in Brooklyn, before the couple opened the original Mama Kitchen in 2017. Almah added a dairy cafe and bakery to the family’s restaurants.
The Brooklyn cafes serve Israeli-style breakfasts alongside sweet and savory pastries. The menu includes sabich, mallawach and Jerusalem bagels, plus salads, sandwiches and specialty coffee. The new Queens concept puts the doughnuts under their own Sufgania name.
Almah’s bakery selection has included rugelach, croissants, cinnamon buns and mini pavlovas. Savory options have included khachapuri and focaccia, and the Jaffa breakfast combines eggs with cheeses, vegetables and spreads.
Almah’s Sufganiyot Background
Almah has sold filled doughnuts for Chanukah before. For the 2025 season, its selection included chocolate, cheesecake, halva, lemon pie, pavlova and pistachio. Those earlier flavors show the bakery’s range, rather than a menu for the new Sufgania storefront.
The brand also operated a separate Queens pop-up during December 2025, a limited-run shop on Main Street in Flushing around Chanukah. The new Sufgania storefront is on a different street and should not be confused with that past seasonal location.
The Union Turnpike address has its own kosher restaurant history. It previously housed Otoro, an omakase sushi restaurant that opened in 2024. Sufgania introduces a different kind of food business to that space.
Location and Almah Cafe Details
Sufgania by Almah Cafe opens Tuesday, November 10, at 179-24 Union Turnpike in Jamaica Estates, Queens. Almah’s existing Brooklyn cafes are at 87 Utica Avenue and 473 Albany Avenue. The Brooklyn cafes, separate from the new Queens pop-up, are under CHK supervision.
Find Sufgania on the YeahThatsKosher app: YeahThatsKosher.com/app
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