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Brooklyn, NY…Mr. Bunim Naiman, owner of
the upscale Glatt A La Carte Restaurant in
Boro Park, is mi ed why Covid-19
regulations were so tough on restaurants.
“We could probably enforce these
regulations better than any other segment of the economy,” he said.
“We can move tables, distance chairs, take precautions in food
handling and otherwise enforce social distancing.” Naiman’s lament
comes at a time when nearly a dozen kosher restaurants in the New
York city area alone closed their doors. According to Elan Kornblum,
“The Restaurant Guy,” president of the Great Kosher Restaurants
Media Group, some have closed due to their precarious nancial
conditions even before the pandemic hit, several lost their leases and
others were directly a ected by Covid-19. In the past few weeks,
restaurants in New York and other cities were only permitted to serve
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the months ahead, Mr. Kornblum pointed out. Mr. Naiman says that
diners are extremely anxious to return to conventional dining. “You
cannot imagine how many of my patrons call to inquire when we will
be opening the restaurant. In the many Orthodox homes, dining is the
only social outlet and they really miss it.”
One of the major challenges for restaurants has been to keep some of
their employees. Thanks to the federal Payroll Protection Program,
some restaurants who might otherwise have been forced to close
remained open. “The concern is going forward,” said Mr. Kornblum,
who feared that the end of the PPP would be a deciding moment for
many. There was also concern about the Fall weather and the
possibility of a second wave of the pandemic. Many restaurants
became extremely creative, adding apps, and even taking their
restaurants on the road. Midtown Manhattan restaurants have
particularly su ered with the shutdown of most businesses. In the Wall
Street area, both Reserve Cut and Wall Street Grill launched innovative
outdoor dining. Kornblum says that despite the pandemic, many
restaurants that scheduled openings before the crisis hit, are opening
even now, betting on a resurgence of the kosher restaurant biasness.
Several operators who had to opt out of Passover programs are
returning with summer programs. The chat amongst these operators is
whether they would be able to run the Passover programs in 2021.
Many feel that it will take at least two years for the Passover programs
to recover. In the Catskills kosher dining has returned albeit less than
in previous years.
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Brooklyn, NY…Mr. Bunim Naiman, owner of
the upscale Glatt A La Carte Restaurant in
Boro Park, is mi ed why Covid-19
regulations were so tough on restaurants.
“We could probably enforce these
regulations better than any other segment of the economy,” he said.
“We can move tables, distance chairs, take precautions in food
handling and otherwise enforce social distancing.” Naiman’s lament
comes at a time when nearly a dozen kosher restaurants in the New
York city area alone closed their doors. According to Elan Kornblum,
“The Restaurant Guy,” president of the Great Kosher Restaurants
Media Group, some have closed due to their precarious nancial
conditions even before the pandemic hit, several lost their leases and
others were directly a ected by Covid-19. In the past few weeks,
restaurants in New York and other cities were only permitted to serve
NEWS
Some of the Kosher “Boxes”
Actually Have Good Food
Kosher Retailers Tighten
Adherence to Covid-19
Guidelines
Building a Kosher Gift Business
by Disabled at Kosherfest
Royal Wines Shifts Advertising
Budget to Digital but Others Stay
the Course
Kosher Restaurants Face
Uncertain Future; Lament
Regulations
Moshe Semel, Iconic Kosher food
Figure Passes Away
takeout,
delivery
and more how
recently
outdoor
dining,
Mr. your
Wecurbside
use cookies
to understand
you use
our site
andwhich
to improve
Kornblum
says has
actually
wonpersonalizing
over many diners
who
covet
the
experience.
This
includes
content
and
advertising.
By
COVID-19
Extracts
Toll on Kosher
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European
outdoor
experience.
hasour
meant
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tables, and chairs outdoors while shutting down the restaurant
Home
indoors.
News
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Kosherfest
newly
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The
shuttered restaurants include such iconic names as Abigail’s
owned by famed chef Je rey Nathan and the Brooklyn location of Wolf
& Lamb. There is no telling how many more will be forced to close in
About Us
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ARCHIVES
Archives Select Month
the months ahead, Mr. Kornblum pointed out. Mr. Naiman says that
diners are extremely anxious to return to conventional dining. “You
cannot imagine how many of my patrons call to inquire when we will
be opening the restaurant. In the many Orthodox homes, dining is the
only social outlet and they really miss it.”
One of the major challenges for restaurants has been to keep some of
their employees. Thanks to the federal Payroll Protection Program,
some restaurants who might otherwise have been forced to close
remained open. “The concern is going forward,” said Mr. Kornblum,
who feared that the end of the PPP would be a deciding moment for
many. There was also concern about the Fall weather and the
possibility of a second wave of the pandemic. Many restaurants
became extremely creative, adding apps, and even taking their
restaurants on the road. Midtown Manhattan restaurants have
particularly su ered with the shutdown of most businesses. In the Wall
Street area, both Reserve Cut and Wall Street Grill launched innovative
outdoor dining. Kornblum says that despite the pandemic, many
restaurants that scheduled openings before the crisis hit, are opening
even now, betting on a resurgence of the kosher restaurant biasness.
Several operators who had to opt out of Passover programs are
returning with summer programs. The chat amongst these operators is
whether they would be able to run the Passover programs in 2021.
Many feel that it will take at least two years for the Passover programs
to recover. In the Catskills kosher dining has returned albeit less than
in previous years.
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