You can now grab kosher açai bowls right near Barclays Center

The kosher dining situation around Barclays Center has always been quietly frustrating. Tens of thousands of Jewish New Yorkers pass through that corridor for Nets games, concerts and daily commutes (Atlantic Avenue is one of the most transit-saturated intersections in the city) and the options waiting for them have never matched the foot traffic. That’s starting to shift.

SoBol, an açai bowl chain founded in 2013 that’s been expanding steadily across New York state, recently got kosher certified at its Flatbush Avenue location. The spot is inside the Pioneer Building at 41 Flatbush Avenue: a 10-story, 1920s-era commercial building that sits right at the seam of Fort Greene, Boerum Hill and the BAM Cultural District. It’s a 950-square-foot shop in a building that the landlord has described as the most comprehensive transportation point in New York City, which is a bold claim, but not a wrong one.

Per YeahThatsKosher, who broke the news, the menu features açai bowls with bases of classic açai, pitaya or chocolate cacao, plus green bowls, smoothies, Belgian waffles, fresh juices and grab-and-go items. To note: most products at this location are pareve. One thing to keep in mind, as SoBol emphasizes across all its locations, is that the açai served is blended fresh daily with homemade granola, no powder and no syrup. For a chain, that’s a pretty meaningful distinction.

Keep in mind that the destination closes at 9pm on Mondays through Fridays and at 8pm on the weekend, so if you’re catching something late at night, the new certification isn’t going to help you, but for the pre-show crowd and the chronic Atlantic Terminal commuter, the timing works well.

As we’re prone to believe, any new kosher destination in any neighborhood is a welcome one, after all.