New York City:Introduction

The Kosher restaurant environment in New York City has experienced dynamic change in recent years, resulting in an unprecedented array of restaurant options, and obligating the kosher diner to be more sophisticated than ever before. Kosher cuisine is now not only substantially more prevalent, but qualitatively greatly improved. It encompasses an enormous variety of styles including Mexican, Middle Eastern, French, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Indian, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese, along with new variations of Chinese and Jewish American cuisine. Additionally, not only has the breadth of options increased, but a new depth has developed as well. Style of food is no longer the only consideration that needs to be taken into account. Dairy, meat, and vegetarian restaurants have been developed for most genres in conformity with the laws of Kashrus, and increasingly, in various degrees, menu are reflecting the modern consciousness for healthy and natural eating. This proliferation of kosher eateries has taken hold throughout New York City, as nowhere else in the world, with new restaurants constantly opening and being discovered in neighborhoods previously left untapped.

This new reality has set the stage for The Authoritative New York City Kosher Dining Guide. Until now, there has not been a dining guide that covered all five boroughs, Long Island and Westchester which specifically addressed the needs of the kosher eating public.

The Authoritative New York City Kosher Dining Guide is not just a complete directory of all Kosher eating establishments (over 300) within the five boroughs of New York City, Long Island and Westchester County. Aside from the basic information of location, phone/fax numbers, credit cards accepted, and price ranges that one would expect, each establishment is allotted an entire page that details its defining characteristics. Kashrus certification is identified and elaborated on, to the point of including not only the mashgiach’s name and his degree of vigilance, but also providing comprehensive directories in the back of the book for both the rabbis and the hechsher organizations they may belong to. Addresses and phone numbers are provided for those who require further elaboration about a restaurant’s kosher reliability or whether or not certain stringencies are followed. Menus, food specialties, ambiance, seating capacity, and manner of service are all outlined. Reviews and recommendations are offered. Each restaurant is categorized by location, indexed by name, and neighborhoods are preceded by area maps.

This clear, convenient, and compact presentation of so muchpertinent information makes The Authoritative New York City Kosher Dining Guide indispensable not only for the regional, casual, or social diner, but for organizations, fund-raisers, businesses that entertain or host functions, as well as for tourists and visitors coming to New York City (the focus of so much national and international Jewish activity). Also, it makes a thoughtful and useful gift for anyone who keeps kosher.

The Authoritative New York City Kosher Dining Guide is an easily portable, pocket sized dining companion (5"x8½") with 288 information packed pages and a cover price of $19.95. To date, guides have been sold not only throughout the U.S., but internationally as well to places as distant as Japan and Australia. The Authoritative New York City Kosher Dining Guide is currently being sold by mail order, at many different location on the internet, and through major book chains, and Judaica/Jewish bookstores across the United States.