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Fast Forward Following scandal, kosher Chinese restaurants in Brooklyn move to distance themselves from NJ establishment
After a New Jersey Kosher Chinese restaurant closed, other restaurants under the same certifier in Brooklyn distanced themselves from it all
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Fast Forward A Crown Heights Pizza Joint Loses Its Kosher Certification
Though Basil, a pizza joint in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, may have won the battle, it may yet lose the “pizza war.” The restaurant recently had its kosher certification — or hechsher — revoked by OK Kosher, a New York-based kashrut agency. (The restaurant remains open to the public.) Until OK Kosher’s “Kashrus Alert,” Basil was…
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Food Muslim-Owned Jewish Deli To Host Muslim-Jewish Fundraising Dinner
There is a Jewish Deli in Brooklyn that closes for Ramadan. The reason is simple, if somewhat surprising: The owner of David’s Brisket House and Deli on Nostrand Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant is Riyadh Gazali, a Muslim of Yemini descent. Next week, Gazali will host a dinner party at David’s along with Breaking Bread NYC, which…
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Food Is Brooklyn Ready For Honey-Butter Pizza?
Is the world ready for honey-butter pizza? Aaron Harsha thinks so. The 28-year-old New Orleans native is chef at Lady’s, a huge new Brooklyn Italian joint. Pizzas and pastas are the stars, but Harsha’s personal touch elevates it a notch — think casoncelli (a type of stuffed pasta) with short rib and sunchokes, or a…
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Food Unkosher Comedy Series Puts Treyf Front and Center
Some would argue that there’s nothing funny about treyf. And the trio behind [“Traif (An Unkosher Series),”](An Unkosher Series ““Traif (An Unkosher Series),””) a new online comedy based on Brooklyn’s very real Traif restaurant, would argue that they’re wrong. When Chef Jason Marcus opened the eatery — a bagel’s throw from Satmar enclaves in Wiliamsburg…
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Food 3 Burning Questions for Chef Serving Haimish Food at Hip Hangout
Andy Jacobi’s sandwiches practically have a halo. At Untamed Sandwiches, the bite-size shop he runs with Chef Ricky King, the former marketing exec stuffs his oversized creations with ethically sourced meat and vegetables that are local, organic and pesticide-free. Brisket’s been a huge hit for the duo. As they cut the ribbon on a second…
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Food New Kosher BBQ in Brooklyn
We’ll let the proprietors of Main House BBQ, a new kosher spot in Brooklyn, tell you about their place, which opens this week: “Back in the Borscht Belt, the Main House was the heart of the bungalow colony, a place where kids and adults congregated in the summer for two months of beautiful freedom. It…
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