Thanks a Glatt - Latest Comments

Re: Basil NY

D Kay72 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:34:31 -0000

If it's so bad, why do you keep going there?

Re: Shiraz restaurant opens up in Great Neck

Herselino — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:59:00 -0000

LONG LIVE IRAN.

Re: Shiraz restaurant opens up in Great Neck

KosherKing&Queen — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:41:53 -0000

I had dinner there last night. The place was packed. The service was good and the food was delicious (we had sushi as appetizers and shared a combo - definitely do the boneless chicken kabob! The place had plenty of free parking and we got seated right away. will be back.

Re: Shiraz restaurant opens up in Great Neck

Persia — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:33:22 -0000

Interesting that a Persian place is serving sushi, but I just read another blog about a Persian restaurant in Japan so hey whatever works. And actually the picture of that sushi boat looks pretty good.

Re: Dougies (finally) opens up in Great Neck

Steve — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:07:31 -0000

Food was good - took out two twice now. Give them a chance to get settled in. Food was ready when they said it would be.

Re: Dougies (finally) opens up in Great Neck

Paul — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:17:02 -0000

Worst Service EVER!
Lady at door is insane!

Re: “Meat Me”, new French Steakhouse & Sushi Bar to open on Upper West Side

vg — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:21:27 -0000

We had a delicious dinner at Meat Me on Amsterdam Ave on the UWS. The ambience, service an excellent food make this new glatt kosher restaurant another great dinning choice. I highly recommend it!

Re: Shabazille opening up in Brooklyn – Free tasting this Sunday!

musicluver — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:18:27 -0000

...Especially when Rav Reuven Feinstein himself never got involved in Kashurus

Re: Shabazille opening up in Brooklyn – Free tasting this Sunday!

musicluver — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:17:02 -0000

Just because he's trustworthy doesn't necessarily mean he knows enough about the complexities on dealing with issues of Kashrus. I was once at Weiss's Dairy Restaurant for a sheva berachos before they closed down. Our family didn't eat there because they were found several times to be uncareful in certain areas of kashrus. Rabbi Reuven Feinstein was there and ate there as well. We did not. My Rav told me that just becaus he ate there is no proof that the hechsher is fine.

Re: Dougie’s to open location in Great Neck

Alan Steinberg — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:18:45 -0000

Is there any uodate on the opening of Dougies in Great Neck?

-Alan

Re: “Meat Me”, new French Steakhouse & Sushi Bar to open on Upper West Side

Graystar212 — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:49:52 -0000

I, along with soooo many others is gonna miss Cafe con leche. Haven't we lost enough in my neighborhood? Another kosher spot huh? Cmon

Re: Rabbi Israel Mayer Steinberg of Vaad Harabonim Lemeshmeret Hakashrut

NotJustThat — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:49:46 -0000

Actually, an animal can be sick and be slaughtered. We have mishnayos and gemaros that discuss this at length. It was quite common fo an owner to preemptively slaughter a dying animal so that it would remain kosher/tahor rather than become neveila.

That does not excuse us from mistreatment, but that is a separate aveira of tsar baalei chayim, which may or may not be biblical.

Re: Rabbi Israel Mayer Steinberg of Vaad Harabonim Lemeshmeret Hakashrut

Daniel Bryant — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:15:04 -0000

maybe i should clarify this further. "glatt" in the US on a package only means something if the animal was a cow/steer. if it's on turkey, chicken, etc., it's just marketing. what glatt means exactly is that there are no adhesions found on the lungs of the cow that cannot be removed. if an adhesion was found that could be removed, it is still glatt. there is a higher standard for this called beis yosef, which means that if there was any adhesion, period, it is rejected. but honestly, none of this renders an animal kosher or non-kosher, it's more of a tradition issued as a chumra than it is real halakah.

however, it dervies from the real halakah that an animal can't be sick when it is slaughtered. inspection of the lungs is nowhere near an adequate health examination for the cows. people get hung up on this "glatt" thing when the real concern we need to look out for is whether the animal was sick or not, and how the animal was treated before it was slaughtered. it is only with the permission of hashem that we have the ability to slaughter animals and eat meat, and we need to respect the life that we are taking as a blessing from hashem.

this is another example of how the charedi community has really gone off on these rabbit paths from the things that really matter.

Re: Rabbi Israel Mayer Steinberg of Vaad Harabonim Lemeshmeret Hakashrut

NotJustThat — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:58:29 -0000

You are thinking of "glatt" as a marketing term, Milhouse is giving you the halacha.

Glatt literally means "smooth." One of the simanim of treifa is lesions on the lungs, but it is not always clear whether a blemish is a "treifa legion," or a healed wound, or something else. Glatt-smooth lungs have no question about interpretation. A lung that has a blemish that must be interpreted is not glatt, and is subject to error by the examiner, or possibly an error in halacha (i.e., what situations are pemritted and not is a subject of debate among the early acharonim).

Certain animals must be glatt in order to be kosher at all. Certain animals do not have to be glatt, but glatt could be considered a hiddur mitzvah or a chumrah for such animals.

So mrketing-wise, you may be right, glatt became "the thing to do" in optional cases. But you don't know what you are talking about in halacha, where some animals MUST be glatt, if you don't want to eat (literal) treif.

Re: Rabbi Israel Mayer Steinberg of Vaad Harabonim Lemeshmeret Hakashrut

mew30 — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:15:22 -0000

"Have" to be Glatt? No, halachically, meat "has to be" kosher. Since when is "Glatt" the minimal required kashrus standard? "Kosher" is kosher. Glatt is a chumrah, a minhag that is a very recent arrival in the US Jewish community, spread by the influx of chasidic groups in the mid-1960s. Even the most machmir rabbanim in the US did not eat only glatt until then. In fact, some question whether it's physically possible for all the tons of meat produced by kosher slaughterhouses today to be genuinely glatt.

Re: Shiraz restaurant opens up in Great Neck

guy — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:56:57 -0000

why not?

Re: Shiraz restaurant opens up in Great Neck

Koony — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:56:26 -0000

why not?

Re: Shiraz restaurant opens up in Great Neck

PrimeRib — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:51:48 -0000

wouldnt recommend going there

Re: Rabbi Israel Mayer Steinberg of Vaad Harabonim Lemeshmeret Hakashrut

Ashtor613 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:13:17 -0000

His son is actually really nice. I feel that they are over burdened with questions and there is a lot of Loshon hara going on about them sadly. We need to let them breathe, myself included.

Re: “Meat Me”, new French Steakhouse & Sushi Bar to open on Upper West Side

YK — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:19:07 -0000

whats the phone number and whose hashgacha??

Re: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf coming to New York City!

leng — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:05:56 -0000

WOW! THAT WILL BE GREAT! EXCITED TO SEE CBTL IN NYC :)

Re: Shalom Bombay: The Review

Alizafox — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:09:54 -0000

I have never had that experience. The restaurant in Teaneck was always wonderful and I had my son's Bar Mitzvah catered by the NY location and they did a fantastic job. The food was delicious!

Re: Shalom Bombay: The Review

Lisa Fox — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:07:41 -0000

I just had my son's Bar Mitzvah yesterday in Fair Lawn, NJ and it was catered by Shalom Bombay. Rafi and Jenna were great! They were helpful, making sure we felt that we can always get a hold of them with any questions or concerns during the preparation of the party. The Bar Mitzvah was a huge success. The quality of the food was phenomenal. Many of my guests who never tried Indian food commented on how good it was, even the non-kosher guests. I was concerned about how people were going to perceive catering Indian food at a Bar Mitzvah since I know so many people afraid to try ethnic foods. My love for Indian food and decision to just go for it and be daring, paid off. Everyone was happy and full by the end of the party.

Re: Wolf & Lamb Steakhouse

Chef Chana — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:03:23 -0000

great food great service great resteraunt. Could you ask for anything more?

Re: Basil NY

Chef Chana — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:02:36 -0000

I have gone to Basil a couple of times. The food was good. But the service was horrible. The waitress were unprofessional and rude. The odd thing with Basil is whenever I go there the same thing i order tastes different each time. I guess people like change but I'd like to know that the food will taste the same.. The ambiance was nice though...