Michael Kaminer
By Michael Kaminer
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Food Why Host A Seder When A Restaurant Will Do It For You?
It’s been a banner year for Jewish dining, from nouveau delis to artisan Ashkenazi. That means you’ve got a dazzling array of choices if you’re inclined to celebrate Passover 2018 in a restaurant. Whatever your palate, mood, or style, there’s a restaurant seder to match; we’ve rounded up some of the best. The nouveau-traditionalist seder:…
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Food Montreal’s Bagel Wars Are Heating Up
Who would dare wade into the decades-long war between Montreal institutions Fairmount Bagel and St.-Viateur Bagel? Craig Buckley, that’s who. The Montreal-born owner of Ottawa’s Kettleman’sbagels is eyeing an ambitious expansion that would land him at the doorstep of formidable competitors. The Ottawa Business Journal broke the news last week. Kettleman’s will buy “one of…
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Food Your Favorite Israeli Coffee Is Coming To The U.S.
Two decades after launching as a tiny Tel Aviv coffee shop, Israeli purveyor Cafe Joe will start percolating in the US as a direct-to-consumer coffee operation. In Israel, Cafe Joe operates 250 branches and points of sale across the country. Stateside, the company will sell its Nespresso-compatible coffee capsules and whole-bean coffee through online retailers…
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Food Toronto Upscale Diner Converting To Jewish Deli
It was an unconventional announcement from an unconventional restaurateur: In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper last month, Toronto’s Anthony Rose announced he was reinventing Rose & Sons, his white-hot upscale diner, as a Jewish deli. “I have been working on something I call ‘Pastrami’,” Rose revealed. “It is kinda sorta a mix between Corned…
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Food Witness The Creation Of The World’s Biggest Bagel And Lox Sandwich
If bagels at your local deli seem oversized, wait until National Bagel & Lox Day. Brooklyn-based appetizing giant Acme Smoked Fish Corp. is teaming with Big Apple bagel mavens Zucker’s Bagels this Friday, February 9, to build “the largest bagel and lox sandwich ever recorded.” Acme will host an open-to-the-public event at its Brooklyn facility,…
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Food New Chelsea Market Pita Place Draws Crowds — But Is It Any Good?
Israeli import Miznon is Chelsea Market’s hottest opening since… well, since that other eatery with Israeli roots, Michael Solomonov’s Dizengoff, debuted at the Manhattan food hall. With lusty “steaks” and whole roasted heads Miznon chef/founder Eyal Shani has helped make cauliflower a fetish object and Instagram staple. His vegetable-forward menus and house-baked pitas have also…
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Food The Deli Report, Part 2: Here’s What The Future Looks Like
From your Tweets, emails and comments, we knew how much Forward readers loved deli. But your passionate responses to two recent roundups — one on the delis we lost in 2017; the other on delis in unexpected places — overwhelmed us. With such ardent fans, we think Jewish deli, once very clearly on the decline,…
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Food Is Music City About To Become Matzo Ball City?
In its first expansion outside NYC, Mile End Deli, the Montreal-inspired phenomenon launched by Noah and Rae Bernamoff in 2010, will open in Nashville late this year. Mile End was lured by operators of the Fairlane, an 81-room boutique hotel in a repurposed bank building set to debut this spring. “Nashville had lost some of…
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