The hipster and Hasid communities go together like peanut butter and, well, gefilte fish. From the glaring cultural clashes, to the battle of the bicycles, the chosen people and their artsy, gaunt neighbors have not exactly achieved a harmonious blend over the years. But on May 27 on the Lower East Side, the two worlds…
It seems only fitting that a restaurant so dedicated to treyf that it named itself after the term for unkosher food should open during Passover. The brainchild of Jewish chef Jason Marcus and manager Heather Heuser, Traif — they spell it differently than we do — will have its soft opening this weekend in Williamsburg….
No, not that Williamsburg. And certainly not this Williamsburg. Rather, the Williamsburg that is adjacent to the former, but where, unlike either the former or the latter, people don’t wear knee-length breeches, except perhaps occasionally for reasons of irony or of the avant garde. WARNING: Video features mildly offensive language and perhaps more offensive interpretive…
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