Category Archive For "Kosher Restaurants"
A Kosher Burger Joint Joins The “Gold-Plated Fad”
For a while, plating food with gold, whether a burger or wings, worked to garner press and business, and we thought the fad might have run its course, but it seems not. There was a time when a flurry of restaurants decided to coat whatever they could in gold, charge a ton for the item, …
Why Are So Many Kosher Restaurants So Bad?
Statistics and perspectives about why so many kosher restaurants are so bad, including insights on how they are operating against a “stacked deck” in more ways than just the added cost of kosher certification. It is no secret that the restaurant business is notoriously difficult to see success in. After all, a sizable portion of restaurants …
Is Beatnic Kosher?
Beatnic is an increasingly popular chain restaurant in New York City offering vegan fast food. Those who keep kosher and come across the chain often ask, “Is Beatnic Kosher?” as well as what the certification is. Beatnic Is Kosher & About The Certification As of June 2023, Beatnic states it is kosher and certified by the …
Sen Sakana Offering Nikkei Cuisine Now Kosher
In a nearly two-year span of many disappointments on the kosher food front brought on by the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic on the New York kosher restaurant scene, there is finally a ray of light. Sen Sakana, offering Nikkei fare, a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cuisine, is a luxe restaurant that brings …
Mocha Red Kosher Restaurant Opens In NYC
Mocha Burger, a SoHo mainstay for kosher diners in the area, now has good company with the recent opening of a sister restaurant called Mocha Red. Right off Union Square and across from the Hyatt Union Square Hotel, the restaurant expands proprietor Naftali Abenaim’s line of Mocha branded restaurants nested under the Mocha Hospitality Group umbrella, …
KOMA Sushi Brings Kosher Omakase To Brooklyn
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 …
Kosher Restaurants Amid The Storm
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 …
Ghost Kitchens Enter The Kosher Fray
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 …
Patis Bakery Comes To Avenue M In Brooklyn
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, …
Parisian Vibes For NYC’s Kosher Restaurants
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 …