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Food The Demise of the Jewish Deli, Again
Lots of hand-wringing in Los Angeles over the closing of another Jerry’s Famous Deli, this one in suburban Woodland Hills. More Hot Dish It’s the fifth Jerry’s Famous to close in the last few years; three remain, in Marina del Rey, Encino and Studio City. Woodland Hills had been open 43 years. “Are we witnessing…
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Food 2 Chefs to Create Sensational Fusion Feast
A Jew and a Parsi walk into a restaurant… That’s not a setup for a punchline; it’s the premise of a very cool-sounding dinner next month in Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. Chef Todd Ginsberg of The General Muir, Atlanta’s terrific Jewish resto, will pair will Chef Meherwan Irani of local fave Chai Pani on a…
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Food Rye Project Is Toast
San Francisco deli The Rye Project has folded, JWeekly reports. Owner Adam Mesnick is blaming real-estate issues. When it opened on a gritty block in 2014, the “Newish Deli” drew raves for trad favorites like overstuffed sandwiches, bagels and lox and matzo-ball soup. Mesnick still operates Deli Board, another deli reboot in SF. More Hot…
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Food BDS and Anti-Semitism Shutter Israeli Restaurant in Munich
Did Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) put a Jewish eatery out of business in Germany? The Jewish owner of Munich’s Schmock Israeli restaurant announced he’s closing after 16 years because of rising anti-Semitism — and strong anti-Israel sentiment — in the Bavarian capital. Florian Gleibs even placed a large sign in Schmock’s window reading: “We are…
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Food ‘JewBoy’ Burgers in Texas
JewBoy was Mo Pittle’s nickname growing up in El Paso, Texas — it was a Semitic spin on “homeboy.” Now, he’s embraced it with JewBoy Burgers, his new food truck in Austin. Look for Jewish-Latino mashups like the The Oy Vey Guey Burger, with Jack cheese, green chilies and jalapenos, and the Goyim, a bacon-and-grilled-pastrami…
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Food White-Hot Tel Aviv Dining Scene Gets Its Due
Tel Aviv’s white-hot food scene has long been on the radar of Forward readers, and word’s getting out big-time to the rest of the world. The Wall Street Journal just featured an ode to Tel Aviv restaurants including Halutzim 3, Yaffo Tel Aviv and Mizlala. A few days later, The Washington Post waxed rhapsodic about…
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Food Beloved Denver Deli Set for Grand Reopening
Denver’s beloved Rosenberg’s Bagels and Delicatessen will finally reopen on October 16, five months after a devastating fire shuttered the business. “It is true,” owner Joshua Pollack told the Denver Post. “It’s going to feel so good to be back in our home.” Forward readers might remember Rosenberg’s as the place that pioneered marijuana-infused smoked…
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Food NYers Told to #NoshTheVote
Some inalienable rights with that falafel? In what we think is a first-ever pairing of voting rights and food, the City of New York this week launched a campaign enlisting food trucks and street carts to distribute voter-registration forms. Related #NoshtheVote was created in partnership with the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project. Friday October…
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