Your tax dollars at work: New York City councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the restaurant-guide giant Zagat to up its coverage of kosher eateries. The 2017 guide has “none of the delicious kosher dining options” that exist in Brooklyn, Greenfield’s district, he said. It does list eight Big Apple kosher spots this year,…
Katz’s is opening in Miami Beach this week. Sort of. The new “deli” inside the Deauville Beach Resort is actually a sly art installation that riffs on South Florida’s faded Jewish identity — and the gentrification that strangled it. In a wood-paneled room whose “wall of fame” includes gallerists and scenesters — picture headshots on…
Is the world ready for year-round, tarted-up matzo brei? MatzahBrei, which started as a Bushwick pop-up, will dish out its fancy vegetarian spins on the Passover staple all winter at Bryant Park in Manhattan. If “exotic” to you means onions in your brei, brace yourself for the Monica — mushrooms, spinach, gruyere and dijon mustard…
No sooner did the iconic H&H Bagels reopen on the Upper West Side did bloggers start crying “fake”! We’ll let Gothamist explain: “Much like the sham that is our democracy, this false idol is only vaguely related to the old H&H Bagels that shuttered in 2011 and was beloved by President Obama,” wrote Rebecca Fishbein….
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…
It’s not too late for a Thanksgiving-eve dinner reservation. Some top kosher spots are stepping up to the plate if your holiday includes a night off from the kitchen. Abigael’s in Manhattan will feature a classic turkey roulade and autumn harvest salad as part of its extensive holiday menu. At Reserve Cut, the pricy Wall…
JTA — Anti-Israel activists vandalized a restaurant in Portugal because its head chef participated in a food festival in Israel. The perpetrators, who are believed to be activists for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, on Friday night spilled red paint on the façade of the Cantinho do Avillez restaurant in the northern…
There’s no traditional Thanksgiving dinner at Katz’s Deli, but according to owner Jake Dell, you won’t need one, since Katz’s turkey sandwich is “Thanksgiving in sandwich form.” The gargantuan sandwich “is an all-white-meat, hot-turkey number,” he said. “It’s what I eat most days because you can’t eat pastrami every day. You can get gravy with…
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