Kosher restaurant
These businesses, which also include diners, cafés, pizzerias, fast food, and cafeterias, and are frequently in listings together with kosher bakeries, butchers, caterers, and other similar places, differ from kosher-style businesses in that they operate under rabbinical supervision, which requires the observance of the laws of kashrut, as well as certain other Jewish laws, including the separation of meat and dairy.
In most cases, a kosher establishment is limited to serving exclusively either dairy (milchig) or meat (fleishig) foods.
Descended from the milchhallen or "milk pavilions" of Europe, they popped up in the Jewish immigrant community of the Lower East Side in the late 19th, where there were at once hundreds of dairy restaurants.
Milchig restaurants may, and often do, serve fish, eggs, vegetarian and vegan dishes, and other foods classified as "pareve" under kosher rules.
Some Orthodox Jewish authorities reportedly treat strictly vegan restaurants as kosher, absent a certificate.
[6] In May 2023, vegan restaurants gained a similar vote of approval by Conservative Judaism's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards.
[citation needed] Some corporate restaurants and fast food chains operate kosher locations in places with Jewish populations.
[12] Most kosher Subways had failed by 2011, and some of these locations must modify their typical menus in order to comply with Jewish dietary laws.
Rita's Italian Ice operates some locations under rabbinical supervision, in states such as Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
[citation needed] A kosher restaurant serves food that complies with Jewish dietary laws (kashrut).
[citation needed] Among those laws, the meat and dairy cannot be mixed, and grape products made by non-Jews cannot be consumed.
[19][20] In the New York area, many kosher restaurants close over the eight days of Passover as "a matter of practicality," as staying open requires that no yeast-related products be used.
According to the Wall Street Journal, more New York kosher restaurants in recent years have remained open on Passover, including both casual and fine-dining locations.
[21] Corporate supermarket chains also sometimes have "kosher" sections inside their locations in Jewish areas that specialize in food that is popular among religiously observant Jews.
Kosher cafeterias and food stands can sometimes be found at college and university campuses, Jewish community centers, hospitals, professional sports stadiums, and some tourist attractions.
