It’s not often that a taref restaurant decides it is good for business to go kosher. Alas, Tiger Sushi in Great Neck—a Long Island suburb about 30 minutes away from midtown Manhattan by car—will be experimenting with the idea.
The destination first opened in the Jewish town back in March as a non-kosher eatery. It’s now been closed for a over a month, with a sign on the door announcing the owners’ intention to kosherize the establishment.
Great Kosher Restaurants Foodies group on Facebook reports that the process has now been completed and the restaurant “will be open at the end of this month under the Vaad of Queens.”
Although currently home to a pretty hefty number of kosher restaurants that also serve sushi, Tiger Sushi would effectively become the only currently operational eatery solely dedicated to kosher sushi in the area.
Folks immediately took to the comments section of the post to express their delight at the news.
“I hope they’re prepared for the influx they’re about to get!,” a user noted.
“Finally something else!,” another wrote.
No word yet on what, exactly, the menu will feature but if the non-kosher iteration of the restaurant is to be referenced, would-be diners can expect the sort of Japanese fare that’s usually served at similar destinations (think crispy rice, carpaccio, a roster of cooked dishes and, of course, traditionally prepared sushi options).
Home to 8,000 Jewish households according to the UJA-Federation of New York, Great Neck plays host to a solid roster of kosher dining options, with new ones opening pretty regularly as well.
The first-ever kosher certified boba tea shop on Long Island opened in town less than a year ago, for example, and Bravo Kosher Pizza will imminently debut a new location in the suburb as well.
It sounds like Great Neck is the place to be if you’re a kosher foodie.
