A Renaissance For The Flatbush Food Scene, But Is It Sustainable?
While Brooklyn still has a very active kosher food scene and is only minutes away fromย world-class kosher options in its sister borough, Manhattan, the Flatbush neighborhood has been particularly hard-hit when it comes to kosher restaurant vibrancy.


Over the last two decades or so, with theย immense Jewish population outflows to Lakewoodย and other communities, Flatbush has been seeing declines in its lineup of kosher restaurants. Therefore, we did not envision a sudden renaissance for the Flatbush food landscape. But that is what we are seeing indeed. Whether it isย the return of the loved Israeli burger chain Burgers Bar to Coney Island, the hotly anticipated opening of MISHA at the old Wolf & Lamb location (also on Coney Island), orย the opening of Fish Grill of LA fameย (you guessed it โ also on Coney Island). There have also been other less well-known entrants to the scene, such asย Jersey Shore Sushi Co.ย as well asย a chicken joint called Crunchyโs.
While all of this is exciting, we canโt help but wonder whether all these openings are sustainable in light of Flatbushโs declining kosher demographic.