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Barclays Center has decided that 2026 is the year Brooklyn kosher fans stop pretending the shrink-wrapped hot dog cart near Section 227 constitutes dinner. Smash House, the smashburger chain that already has a foothold in Marine Park, plus outposts in Queens, the Five Towns and two spots in Manhattan, is opening a stand in the … It’s official: Smash House is coming to the Barclays Center

Williamsburg

South Williamsburg got its first standalone kosher food pantry this week, and per Brooklyn Paper‘s coverage of the opening, the ribbon-cutting brought out more firepower than a neighborhood pantry opening usually does: Governor Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, Comptroller Brad Lander, Rabbi David Niederman and Met Council CEO David Greenfield all showed up to the … Williamsburg now has its own kosher food pantry

Taste of Akko

There was a real void left when Taste of Akko closed its Coney Island Avenue doors last year, the kind of closure that gets mentioned in group chats for months afterward, mostly because the falafel was actually good and the malabi even better. Now the same owners are bringing the concept back, rebranded as 2AKKO, … The Taste of Akko team is back, this time in Crown Heights

Maor Art Gallery

Maor Art Gallery at Chabad Heights is opening its doors this Sunday for “Elul: Field Notes,” a group exhibition that takes the month’s whole reflective, taking-stock mood and hands it to seven artists to interpret however they see fit. The lineup—Aliza Marton, Chanie Chanin, Chaya Leah Sandhaus, Brucha Leah Weisz, Keren Gordon, Chani Judowitz and … This Brooklyn art gallery is hosting a group show by seven women artists for Elul this weekend

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

The Neighborhood is a UJA-supported Jewish community organization built for people who want Jewish life without necessarily wanting a synagogue, JCC or other traditional institution at the center of it. Since launching in 2022, the group has operated largely without a permanent home, putting on everything from Sukkot celebrations in borrowed backyards to a Hanukkah … The Neighborhood’s roving Jewish parties are getting a permanent Williamsburg address

Liba in Williamsburg

The rise of truly great kosher restaurants in New York continues: places with a real point of view, a strong design sensibility, thoughtful wine programs and menus you’d want to order whether or not you were looking for a kosher meal. Malka helped kick things off uptown, redefining what kosher dining could look like in … Here’s everything we know about Liba, the new kosher meat restaurant in Williamsburg

Yakar, the upscale kosher steakhouse on Coney Island Avenue, has come up with a promotion that turns the least exciting moment of a restaurant outing, the arrival of the check, into the most thrilling one. The promotion is called the Yakar Roll, and the premise is simple: before the bill hits the table, you roll … Your entire dinner could be free at this kosher steakhouse in Brooklyn (if you roll the dice right)

Kosher acai bowl at SoBol in Downtown Brooklen near the 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 … You can now grab kosher açai bowls right near Barclays Center

If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that Eyal Shani’s kosher restaurant Malka, in Dumbo, knows how to throw a party. The restaurant regularly turns into an Israeli microcosm on Thursday nights, complete with a live DJ, dancing on tables and a family-style dinner concept that highlights a few of the eatery’s most popular Mediterranean … Malka Dumbo is throwing a Tel Aviv-themed party next week

Malka Dumbo’s special dinner series spotlighting different wines and cuisines continues this week with “An Evening in Tarragone,” a special prix-fixe dinner celebrating Spanish food, culture and wine that’s happening on Wednesday, February 4. Although the Spanish-inspired tasting menu is sure to satisfy curious kosher palates, it’s the wine portion of the evening that will … Drink wines from the only kosher winery in all of Spain at Malka Dumbo this week