‘A Taste of Crown Heights,’ a neighborhood kosher food crawl, will take place Sunday, October 22nd, 1-4 PM on Kingston Avenue. The event is organized by JMenu and sponsored by COLlive.com.
This walkable trail on Kingston Avenue will feature local restaurants, beverage shops, and caterers. Over 20 local venues will be serving tastes of their signature dish or beverage and participants will be able to sample each vendor along the route. Attendees will enjoy a variety of food and drink, local vibes, and a great day out with family and friends!
Participants will have the opportunity to rate each contender and determine the greatest ‘taste’ of Crown Heights for the ‘People’s Choice Awards’. In addition, there will be a panel of expert judges to judge in each category for the ‘Expert’s Choice Award’.
A Taste of Crown Heights is perfect for every community member, foodie, or kosher restaurant enthusiast, who wants to experience the authentic ‘taste’ of Crown Heights.
Proceeds from ‘A Taste of Crown Heights’ will benefit NCFJE’s Toys For Hospitalized Children.
To purchase tickets click here.
We are grateful to the participating vendors who will be contributing food or products to benefit Toys For Hospitalized Children (in alphabetical order):
Albany Bakery
Baguette Express
Boeuf & Bun
Benz’s Gourmet
Calabria
Chocolatte
Dean Street Cafe
Eber’s Wine & Liquor
Empire Grill
Ess & Bentch
Gombo’s Bakery
Hal’s Seltzer
House of Glatt
JJ’s Holy Cow
Koshertown
Mama’s Kitchen
Mendy’s @ the JCM
Mermelstein’s & Kohen Bros. Catering
Natural Treats Juice bar
Noribar Sushi Lounge
Prime Avenue
Sushi Spot
Sweet Expressions
Table One Catering
Turk Catering
Wine By The Case
The panel of experts judges will include Elan Kornblum, publisher of ‘Great Kosher Restaurants Magazine’, Kosher blogger Dani Klein of ’Yeah That’s Kosher’, and other experts from the kosher food industry.
Food will be sponsored by each restaurant respectively. Drinks will be sponsored by Hal’s Seltzer. The event is being organized by JMenu. All proceeds from ticket sales are going to benefit Toys for Hospitalized Children, a division of NCFJE, an organization that helps our community day-in day-out. The event is sponsored by COLlive.
Ticket sales will be capped at 250 tickets, so take advantage before they run out!
More About JMenu, Toys for Hospitalized, and NCFJE:
JMenu is the fastest and most convenient way to order kosher food in Crown Heights, Manhattan and our coming locations. JMenu connects you with your favorite kosher restaurants, making it easier than ever to place your order. JMenu is your one-stop-shop, to order from any Crown Heights restaurant. No more waiting on hold or working your way through other websites. At JMenu, you can save all your info in in one place ordering from any restaurant a breeze. Download the JMenu app, choose your restaurant, add items from the menu to your JMenu cart, and checkout, hassle free.
Toys For Hospitalized Children is an organization with a heart. Since our inception in 1953, we have distributed over 1 million toys and gifts in hospitals. We visited over 150 hospitals, institutions, and special needs facilities in over 10 states. Each year we distribute over 10,000 toys and gifts in children hospitals, institutions, special needs facilities. Each gift is accompanied by a visit and a smile from one of our caring volunteers.
NCFJE or the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education is a multi-faceted charity that protects, feeds and educates thousands throughout the NY metropolitan area and around the nation. The NCFJE, founded in 1940 by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneerson, is the first Chabad-Lubavitch outreach organization established in the US. The principal mission of NCFJE is to provide Jewish public school students with a free Jewish education through the Jewish Released Time program.
@ excited just purchased for my friend and I what a way for us to have fun together.
NCFJE.
You are proving to be innovative time and again!
so excited ! they have the best food! and chef shosh is amazing ! so talented
sweet expressions will only be serving parve samples.
too cool for school?
Why is mamas kitchen on the list when it’s not in crown heights but izzys isn’t?? If you are a really foodie this should be at the top of your list
Hi, thank you all for your interest, we are very excited!
To clarify some of the issues mentioned here:
1. The event will only be serving Fleishig and Parve dishes/beverages.
2. In order to participate in the event, you must purchase a ticket.
3. All proceeds from ticket sales will be going to Tzedaka, to Toys For Hospitalized Children – a division of NCFJE.
4. The Alter Rebbe speaks in Tanya recently about the importance of giving Tzedaka, perhaps a good place to begin the עבודה of אתכפיא. וד”ל
what i understood, is that you could only get/order the free food if u have a ticket… i could be wrong
This doesn’t quite sound like something the Alter Rebbe had in mind as he taught us Chassidus and the Kabbalistic teachings of כד אתכפיא סטרא אחרא, אסתלק יקרא דקוב״ה בכולהו עלמין.
How do we buy tickets?
such smart creative ways for experiential marketing 🙂
– Mike
what aboit those favorites???
love this idea! such a creative way of fundraising
For max 250 people?
why do i need tickets
To #1
Either you only eat one or eat the milchig and then the fleishig! Why does everything have to be so complicated?
First stop: milchig places.
Second stop: chocolates and a case of wine,
Sleep it off, (at least an hour….!)
Third stop: fleishig
#1: that’s a great question!
I see there are eateries that serve either milchig or fleishig. How is this going to work?