By COLlive reporter
Photos: Baruch Ezagui/COLlive
Benny’s Brick Oven Pizza is currently the only kosher restaurant that is serving the “Impossible Burger” in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood.
Located at 419 Kingston Avenue, the pizza shop has added the kosher pareve patty to its staple menu of pizza, paninis, calzones and salads.
The Impossible Burger is plant-based and contains no animal hormones or antibiotics. It boasts as much bioavailable iron and protein as a burger of ground cow’s beef.
Benny’s has been serving it with lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles and chipotle mayo on a bun. There’s also the option to add a slice of cheddar cheese on it.
A sign on the storefront of the pizza shop, which is under OK Kosher supervision, has been notifying the clientele of the new offering – a blend unheard of in the past because of kosher’s strict separation of dairy and meat.
“We have received many compliments about it from customers,” Mendel, a store employee, told COLlive.com. “But most of the time, people have questions about its kashrus.”
“The newest Impossible Burger delivers everything that matters to hard-core meat lovers, including taste, nutrition and versatility,” said Impossible Foods’ CEO and Founder Dr. Patrick O. Brown.
The ground “Impossible Meat” can be used in any ground meat dish, including stews, chili, sauces, braises, minces, meatballs, and meat pies. It is said to be easy to cook on the BBQ, flat top grill, oven and pan.
According to its menu online, Benny’s has begun to incorporate it in its new Mexican dishes that they are now introducing to the public.
The “Impossible Beef Burrito” offers Impossible beef, beans, rice, jalapeno sauce, sour cream, cheese, tomatoes, and avocado. And the “Impossible Beef Enchiladas” are made up of Impossible beef, jalapeno sauce, and cheese.
The Mexican menu also has a veggie burrito and enchilada with roasted peppers and onions, rice, beans, jalapeno sauce, sour cream, cheese, tomatoes and avocado.
“We haven’t yet been asked by a customer to have the Impossible Meat placed on a pizza,” Benny’s store employee joked.
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But what about Maaris Ayin?
that is why there is a sign in the store explaining what it is
This does not qualify for maaris ayin. When people see a kosher certified milchig place they know it is ok. This is the same as any veggie burger.
Maaris ayin has not only to do with “what people will think” it also applies “bchadrei chadarim”
lechora there should be a siman on the actual burger that makes your realise it isn’t a regualer burger although I don’t remember if that’s a necessity by maaris ayin of a derabonon.
You don’t need a siman on the food, rather near the food is sufficient.
עיין שו”ע יו”ד סימן פז סעיף ג בהגה. וגם סוף סימן סו.
ובנוגע לחילוק בין דאורייתא לרבנן לא מצאתי שום פוסק שכותב את זה. והרי דם דגים הוי מראת עין דאורייתא וסגי בסימן אצל הדם. ומה שכתב שזה הוי מראת עין של דרבנן, הלא הוי ידוע שבשר בחלב אסור מדאורייתא אפי’ לצלי!עיין סי’ פז שך ס”ק א’ ובשפ”ד שם. ועיין בחוו”ד סי’ צב סק”ו
Can’t wait to come to Crown Heights and try it!
DELICIOUS!!
even if it’s kosher
give me the chills
not what I want to see outside a kosher place
why do we have to try and imitate what we can’t eat?
we’ve been doing that for a very long time. Gemara even talks about the shibuta fish that tastes like pork
more cilantro and jalapeno on mine please 🙂
Lettuce always goes under the patty.
sounds exciting..but when will they include COFFEE on their menu???
I am sure it’s kosher, however it’s looks so much as a regular meat
It will be very confusing especially for children