October 4, 2011
Brooklyn Water Bagels Now Treif?
The short answer I thought was that the kosher supervisor for Brooklyn Water Bagel is EarthKosher, which is not recognized as a valid kosher supervisor by observant Jews.
I was wrong. Keep reading.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
July 20, 2011
Kosher Mexican Meat Food
Pico Robertson has a new kosher Mexican restaurant — Mexikosher!
The main dishes run around $12. The portions are big and the food is good.
There's a kosher vegetarian restaurant just up the street — Pizza Station. I love it.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
July 8, 2011
I Love Pico Cafe
I found this great little kosher dairy restaurant at 8944 W. Pico blvd.
Los Angeles, California, 90035 (310) 385-9592.
Last night, I celebrated my friend's 50th birthday there. I got a vegie burrito with mozarella cheese, avocado, and tomato. They include a green salad on the side. It was all delicious. I love this place. The food is excellent. The service is prompt and friendly.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
June 28, 2011
New Kosher Frozen Yogurt Store On Robertson, Alcott
From Monday night's show:
Rabbi Rabbs: "As if the first seven of them within walking distance of that corner and went out of business weren't a sign that this is not a business to go into. They've been working on this building (on Alcott and Robertson, near Pico Blvd) to remodel it and they just put up a sign for a kosher frozen yogurt store."
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Filed under Kosher, Torah by Levi Ben Avraham
This was a hot topic of discussion at the kiddish club on Shabbos morning.
Will a kosher wine store make a go of it in Pico-Robertson?
The profit margins on wine are tiny, about 10%.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
June 21, 2011
The Cheapest Produce In Pico-Robertson
It is at Glatt Mart. You can't beat the prices. I picked up celery yesterday for 79c. It was twice that price at Ralphs, half a mile west on Pico.
The Persian Elat market next door to Glatt Mart also has inexpensive produce. It is a dirtier older version of Glatt Mart. The aisles are crammed and there are more Persians and more pushing.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
February 1, 2011
Heshy Fried Unimpressed With Pizza Maven
Heshy writes on FrumSatire.net:
On Friday, my friend a fellow blogger Eliyahu Fink took me to Pizza Maven in Hancock Park, the frummy side of town. I wass marveling at the sites as I drove to the place. There were women in sheitles walking dozens of children all dressed in the same outfits, men in hats with peyos behind their ears and teams of high school girls drinking slurpies. I was getting my frum on, I felt almost exactly the same exact feelings I used to have when I would take a drive from Rochester to New York once every few months – it was the same 5 hour drive and it brought me to a whole new world. I remember thinking how fun NY was and always looking forward to getting the hell out of there. LA is the same way, I love the frummies, I love eating the food and looking at all the super cutties (LA is home to the best pritzus in America) but I thank God that I don’t live there. LA, like New York, is way too urban for me.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
Heshy writes on FrumSatire.net:
I got to LA at about 10pm on Thursday night and was desperate to eat milchigs, something really cheesy, I work at a very meat intensive restaurant and the big impetus for coming to LA was to eat some pizza and maybe some pasta – both of which I can’t get in the Bay Area. So I met my buddy at Cafe Nana, one of the few places open that late and I was crushed by the terrible menu, regardless we got an eggplant parm, fettucini alfredo and mozerella sticks – I wasn’t expecting anything too great so I wasn’t disappointed by the taste of the food as much I normally would be.
Filed under Kosher by Levi Ben Avraham
You know you've arrived if you get invited to any of these homes:
* Rabbi Marvin Hier Great conversation, fascinating guests
* Rabbi Ari Hier Charming erudite host
* Rabbi Elazar Muskin Great food, great Torah, a great long seder
* Rabbi Kalman Topp Understated rabbi who allows room for others
* Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky Gracious, stimulating
* Rabbi Robert Wexler Erudite, gracious, hospitable
* Rabbi Mimi Feigelson Great food, fascinating conversation
* Rabbi Dov Heller Great food, masters of hospitality
* Rabbi Nachum Braverman Understated empathic rabbi
* Rabbi Moshe Cohen Learned, funny
* Rabbi Boruch Sufrin Smart, funny
* Morey Levovitz Accomplished, generous
* Rabbi Yaacov Pinto
* Richard Horowitz Masters of hospitality, stimulating conversation
* Marc Firestone Masters of hospitality, low key, interested in others
* Peter Lowy – rich, generous, Australian
* David Sacks Funny, smart, unexpected
* Stuart & Enny Wax The gold standard for hospitality
* Sam Glaser Not your typical Orthodox home, this one is a lot of fun!
* David Suissa
* Monica Osborne
* Selwyn & Glynis Gerber Good Israeli wine, good food, Glynis owned Serravalle – the original gourmet Kosher meat restaurant in town
* Rabbi Marc Mandel
* Rabbi Uri Pilichowski
* Rabbi Lisbon (Chabad Bais Bezalel)
* Chazzan Netanel Baram
* Rabbi Sharon Brous
* Rabbi Bradley Shavit-Artson
* Don Etra
* Mark & Debbie Goldenberg
* Robert J. Avrech
* Mitch Julis
* Professor Aryeh Cohen
* Bob & Judy Millman
* Rabbi Aryeh Markman
* Rabbi Yitz Jacobs
* Rabbi Motti Shenker
* Fred and Susie Toczek
* Harold and Brenda Walt (Catering by Brenda!)
* Billie & Jenny Gelb
* Larry and Andrea Gill
* Jeff Fishman
* Richard Kellner
* David Nimmer
* Etan Cohen
* Steve Tabak
* David Nagel
* Ian & Lisa Tofler
* Steve & Daisy Cohn: Healthy food, hearty conversation
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Filed under Kosher, Rabbis by Levi Ben Avraham