Brooklyn has reason to celebrate with KOMA Sushi opening on Avenue M between East 16th and 17th Streets. In addition to serving traditional sushi fare available in your run-of-the-mill sushi spot, KOMA also offers omakase-style dining. Omakase, a Japanese word translated as “I leave it up to you,” speaks to the form of dining, where the diner …

With the challenging reality brought about by a pandemic stretching into nearly a year with no clear end in sight, kosher restaurants amid the storm brought on by COVID are experiencing profound losses. It is hard to think of a Jewish business sector more hard-hit than the kosher restaurant industry. The sudden nature and associated …

There is another exhibit for how already in process changes have been further exacerbated by the pandemic. Ghost kitchens, a food delivery concept already gaining steam before COVID, have gone into overdrive and entered the kosher fray. For those unfamiliar, a ghost kitchen refers to a kitchen, generally fast food, that operates as a delivery …

For those who have traveled to Paris and experienced the patisseries and boulangeries that dot the City of Light, the bakeries don’t seem to cut it once back stateside. Sure, there are great kosher bakeries throughout the United States with a smorgasbord of practically countless options to choose from in places like the NY Metro. Still, though, …

The trials and tribulations over the last few months brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are wide-ranging. However, on the business continuity front, few businesses were initially hit as hard as those that depend on in-house dining. At the pandemic’s peak, numerous New York kosher restaurants closed their doors altogether, not even servicing takeout and …

UPDATE – The shawarma location has closed, but you can visit the original Falafel Tanami. Visit The Founding Location: Visit Shwarama Tanami’s sister and founding location, Falafel Tanami. Many have deemed this one of the best kosher falafels in the city, as evidenced by its stellar Google Reviews, and in 2023, it made the New …

Brooklyn burger lovers have reason to rejoice! Joseph’s Dream Burger will be opening on the corner of Avenue M and East 17th street. The kosher burger joint has an existing location on Coney Island between Avenues O and P. The shop was actually previously branded as Burgers Bar of Israel fame but that branding was …

Kosher pizza lovers in Brooklyn have reason to rejoice! Update August 2024 The store has rebranded as “Ravo Pizza,” which seems to signal some sort of departure from the Bravo Pizza franchise. A Bravo Kosher Pizza branch looks like it will be sprouting up on Kings Highway and East 9th Street. The store is replacing …