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It’s official: the plain cream cheese served at PopUp Bagels locations in New York and Connecticut is now certified kosher. The trendy company made the announcement on Instagram yesterday. “Thrilled to announce that our plain cream cheese is now certified KOSHER!” reads the caption alongside a photo of the schmear in its instantly recognizable PopUp The plain cream cheese at PopUp Bagels is now certified kosher!

Usually, the more restrictions you place on cooking, the harder it is to deliver a truly great product. Almost counterintuitively, though, at SHŌSH—a kosher vegan restaurant that opened at 41 Greenwich Avenue in the West Village of Manhattan at the beginning of the year—the restrictions on offer (veganism! Kashrut!) are exactly what make the menu At kosher restaurant SHŌSH, vegan food finally gets the attention it deserves

Fins and Scales

Fins and Scales, the popular kosher omakase experience from Sushi by Bou that has been operating inside of the Chabad Loft at 10 East 8th Street for years now, has officially relaunched—with a charitable twist. The sushi bar is now a “give what you can” restaurant, with a suggested donation of $150 per person, a Kosher omakase spot Fins and Scales is now a pay-what-you-wish charitable restaurant

City Roots Hospitality’s grip on New York’s kosher vegan scene shows no signs of loosening. Founder and chef Guy Vaknin is set to open Reverie, a dessert and cocktail bar in Williamsburg, on May 14, marking the group’s first fully vegan outpost in Brooklyn. Like the hospitality group’s other venues, Reverie will be certified kosher Reverie is a new kosher vegan dessert and cocktail bar opening in Williamsburg

Miami’s kosher Mediterranean street food outpost Yalla Motek—an offshoot of the popular (but not certified kosher) parent restaurant Motek—is officially expanding to New York. Set to open in winter 2026, Yalla Motek will bring a vibrant, fast-casual dining experience rooted in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors, but with one key distinction: it will be the Kosher Miami restaurant Yalla Motek to open first NYC location

Abaita, arguably one of the best run kosher restaurants in New York, is taking over the Upper East Side of Manhattan—sort of. Although full details are still scant, the owner and chef of the midtown Italian eatery, chef David Donagrandi, exclusively tells Pretty Kosher that he’s gearing up to launch Libbi, an elevated Mediterranean restaurant The owner of Abaita is opening a new Mediterranean restaurant on the Upper East Side called Libbi

If you’re planning on sticking around New York for Pesach this year, you’re probably on the lookout for exciting things to do and kosher for Passover dining options. We’ve got you covered on all sides: as first reported by YeahThatsKosher, the American Dream Mall—home to a variety of shops and amusement parks—will open three of These three restaurants in the American Dream Mall will be kosher for Passover this year

There’s nothing quite as relaxing as spending time in a well-designed café, enjoying a perfectly brewed coffee while nibbling on freshly made pastries. Neighbors, a relatively new spot located at 1878 East 4th Street in Midwood, offers just that: a cozy atmosphere and delicious kosher fare certified by Rabbi Marmorstein. Perhaps most impressive is the Neighbors is a stylish new kosher café that’s now open in Brooklyn

This is a pretty big deal: the ultra-popular vegan Szechuan spot, Spicy Moon, founded by June Kwan in 2019 in the East Village, is officially going kosher. The restaurant has earned its kosher certification under the guidance of Lighthouse Kosher and joins a growing list of vegan restaurants across Manhattan that have made the same Famous NYC vegan Szechuan restaurant Spicy Moon is going kosher

On October 7, 2023, Raif Rashed, an Israeli Druze who isn’t Jewish or Muslim, was scheduled to board his flight back to the United States after visiting his family in Israel during the holiday season. He had been working as an engineer in New York since 2019. “My brother asked me to stay one more Taboonia is a new kosher Israeli Druze restaurant run by a Nova Music Festival survivor