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Kosher Coffee Shop Chocolatte Comes to Franklin Avenue

Chocolatte on Franklin Avenue. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.CROWN HEIGHTS — A bearded, fedora-clad gentlemen, his blank eyes staring out from behind dark-rimmed glasses, watches over the clientele at Chocolatte [https://www.choco-latte.com/] at 800 Franklin Avenue. The bearded dude is the shop’s logo – and, in a way, its mascot,

Food & Drink

8th Annual Latke Festival Burns Brightly With Innovative Flavors

Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNERGrowing up, my bubbe would implore me to essen ein bissel (“eat a little”, or “take a bite”). On Monday night, I did a bit more than that. Bon vivants of all stripes trekked from far and wide to the Brooklyn Museum [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

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Upside Craft Burgers Draws An Eclectic Kosher Crowd

Upside burger on 18th Avenue at East 4th Street. (Photo by Dina Rabiner)Upside Craft Burgers, offering “fast-casual” quality kosher dining, opened only three weeks ago but judging by the crowd (fifty plus people on a recent Sunday evening), you’d think the joint was already an established neighborhood hangout.

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Greenmarket Recipe: Shaved Asparagus Salad (VIDEO)

This week’s recipe is shaved asparagus salad. While asparagus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus]is available in Brooklyn almost year round, it is only locally in-season during spring and early summer. This very quick and refreshing recipe will to get you through the heat wave we’ve been

Food & Drink

Gowanus Goes Glatt: Bison & Bourbon Plans To Offer Sophisticated Kosher Dining

The forthcoming Bison & Bourbon was previously The Bahche. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)David Shagalov — co-owner of the forthcoming Glatt kosher restaurant Bison & Bourbon [http://www.bisonandbourbon.com/] — was leading me through their kosher kitchen. As he opened the door into the vast two-level interior, it’s easy

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Hey Bubbelehs! The New Matzo Project Will Drive You Meshugga

Courtesy of The Matzo Project.It’s almost that time of year — sundown on April 22, to be exact. Passover will begin, as does the eating of unleavened bread for eight days. The first and second day, well, the ritual is pretty exciting. But as the days go on, let’

food distribution

Be Proud Foundation Will Be Passing Out Rosh Hashanah Food Packages At Cherry Hill

The 2014 Yad B’Yad food distribution. (Photo: Be Proud Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/BeProudNY/photos/pb.226935024173983.-2207520000.1441393128./294043984129753/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)The Be Proud Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/BeProudNY] will be teaming up with community groups and local politicians at the Cherry Hill Gourmet

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Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn This Week: See The Cyclones, Learn About Sandy-Related Jobs, And Celebrate Coney Island’s New TV Studio

The Brooklyn Cyclones playing the Williamsport Crosscutters. Photo via the Cyclones’ Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynCyclones?fref=ts].Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. There’s an info session hosted by City Councilman Chaim Deutsch about job opportunities in Hurricane Sandy-impacted areas, the Brooklyn Cyclones are

baklava

Remy’s In Windsor Terrace Closes

Remy’s, a kosher vegetarian restaurant at 3021 Fort Hamilton Parkway [/business/hummus-garden-from-falafel-fusions-former-owner-opens-on-fort-hamilton-parkway] , has apparently closed for what we’ve been told is for good. We haven’t been able to reach the owners, Kensington residents Avi and Julie Atiae, but several neighbors have told us that they were disappointed

dunkin donuts

Coney Island Avenue & Ditmas Dunkin Donuts Closed For Renovations

If you’re used to getting kosher breakfast sandwiches from the Dunkin Donuts at 906 Coney Island Avenue [https://foursquare.com/v/dunkin-donuts/4bc90a96b6c49c743dc58d91] (on the corner of Ditmas Avenue), listen up, because the outpost is closed for remodeling until further notice. Other locations close to this one are still

1730 jerome ave

Jerome Avenue’s Pizza Cardo Gives Way To Pizza By The Bay

Just 21 months after replacing another pizzeria at the same location, it appears Pizza Cardo at 1730 Jerome Avenue has itself been replaced, this time by Pizza by the Bay. We noticed the sign switch earlier this week, but are unsure of when it actually changed hands. Pizza Cardo opened

3001 west 37th st

Thousands Of Passover Meals To Be Distributed For Victims Of Sandy

Photo by Erica ShermanThe following is from an email we received from the Met Council on Jewish Poverty about Kosher for Passover food distribution this year: For Brooklyn communities recovering from Hurricane Sandy, celebrating Passover will be a struggle this year. That’s why the Met Council on Jewish Poverty

Itta Wediger Roth

Eat and Drink at Ditmas Park’s Invite-Only Kosher Party

Once a month, neighbor and professional cook Itta Wediger Roth hosts The Hester, an invite-only supper club in her home that has managed to attract hundreds of guests and quite a bit of press from the Jewish community (see: Ha’aretz [http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/the-hottest-party-in-brooklyn-for-orthodox-new-york-jews.premium-1.458781]

1507 coney island ave

Prime Minister Of Israel Pigs Out On Midwood’s Kosher Food

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu came to visit New York this past weekend and seems to have had a major craving for the Eastern European kosher fare from Midwood’s Pomegranate supermarket. While staying in a Manhattan hotel, he ordered every single item from the 1507 Coney Island

822 kings highway

Barcode Kosher Cafe Opens On Kings Highway

[/barcode-kosher-cafe-opens-on-kings-highway/barcode/] Barcode Cafe opened at 822 Kings Highway in January, serving kosher coffee and more. The location was previously Hookah Coffee Shop, a bodega serving coffee, tea, shisha and falafel. It’s great to see new businesses opening their doors. Good luck, Barcode Cafe.

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Relic Revealed: H&S Hebrew National Deli Sign Still Visible On Sheepshead Bay Road

Photo by Vinnie MazzoneOur friend Vinnie Mazzone from “Chicken Masters,” whose pleasant phone greeting in a thick Brooklyn accent — “Thank you for calling Chicken Masters, this is Vinnie speaking” — never fails to make me smile, sent us the above photo. Major blast from the past, that. Vinnie tells us that

bennys gourmet pizza

Benny’s Gourmet Pizza Is Closed

A reader told me about two weeks ago that Benny’s Gourmet Pizza, at 1730 Jerome Avenue, had closed down. We got over there yesterday to check it out, and that does appear to be the case. After nearly three years in operation [/tag/bennys-gourmet-pizza/], the establishment seems to be

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Pizza, Pasta, Salads, & Wraps, Hoorah!

For those of you living in a pasta-poor home — like the one our reader, Jim, grew up in [/blog1.php/bits-pieces/tell-us-your-father-s-day-fish-stories#c730] — here’s an all-you-can-eat pasta night. And if these are not the prices you would normally expect to pay for pasta, just remember that Benny’s Gourmet