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Lehrer Sells Kingston Pizza

Time to say goodbye: Shloime Lehrer will hand over the keys to the staple Kingston Pizza in Crown Heights later this week, to grocery entrepeneur Itzik Benabou, COLlive.com has learned. Full Story

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we'll miss you !
February 1, 2011 3:25 pm

my friend schloime , and all the lehrer’s family …
anyway, we’ll come and see you soon !
Aouizerat’s family

And , now may be , some free time, so, why not a visit to Nice !!

so sad
January 2, 2011 9:03 pm

we will miss the pizza it was the best

miss you kingston pizza
January 2, 2011 8:37 am

hope there is gonna be good pizza

YUMMY!!!
January 1, 2011 11:22 pm
good
January 1, 2011 9:42 pm

maby now will have – some good pizza……..
LOL
just kidding you guys are GREAT!!!!!!!

workers
January 1, 2011 8:20 pm

will they keep the workers? (the one with the gold tooth that called every one chaya mushka and mendle?)

a good customer
December 31, 2010 3:13 pm

ill miss u!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙁 🙁

OIL IN THE BASMENT :)
December 30, 2010 11:29 pm
no!
December 30, 2010 6:24 pm

he shouldint of sell it he was the best owner!

to #7
December 29, 2010 5:03 pm

och not yay!

that sox!!!
December 29, 2010 5:01 pm

i wish mr. lehrer wont sell kingston pizza he has the best pizza and food so if he sells it then i must say that sox!!!

hatzlocho - azkir al hatzion
December 29, 2010 5:37 am

much hatzlocho . azkir al hatzion bli neder

Shloime Lehrer
December 29, 2010 12:09 am

Shloime Lehrer is a very special person. We will miss him on Kingston Ave. I wish him much Hatzlocho!

@ # 92
December 28, 2010 11:55 pm

Your right WHO CARES, as long as yiden have Parnasah I dont care who is selling what

Customer from S. Diego, California
December 28, 2010 11:50 pm

Their homemade ravioli was worth the trip from home. The best ever, it reminded me of my mothers!

To 98
December 28, 2010 11:45 pm

I don’t care about those other piza shops!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i want kingston pizza to stay the same. I’m gonna miss shloimie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

to #97
December 28, 2010 11:41 pm

you must be old! And you probably love pizza!

shloime!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
December 28, 2010 11:35 pm

nooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! can’t be!!!!!!!!!! he’s soooooooooooo nice!!!!!!!!!!!! he even gave me a free ice cream on my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

to 89
December 28, 2010 10:52 pm

haah ur right!!

When Brook owned a pizza store
December 28, 2010 10:33 pm

I love the Brook comments. I remember when there was no cheese available for some reason and he still served pizza, simply with NO cheese! – only in CH 🙂 lol

I REMEMBER WHEN !
December 28, 2010 9:23 pm

For those interested in a bit of nostalgic history of Pizza Shops in Crown Heights : The first Pizza store in Crown Heights (and if I am not mistaken-the first in New York ) was named “Chaims Pizza” and opened about 1962-63 and was located on Nostrand Ave. between Montgomery and Crown Sts. Not long after that two Pizza stores called Chopsie & Naftali opened,one located on Utica & Crown and the other on Kingston off Empire. Next came R’Zalmen Tornek’s Pizza store on Kingston near Crown ( about the early 70’s ). Then came the Pizza store on Kingston… Read more »

rolls
December 28, 2010 8:21 pm

Their rolls are the best…. baked by Shloimies mother or mother in law I forget which….will those rolls still be there??

AD MOSAI!!!???
December 28, 2010 7:48 pm

How long must these tragedies continue? We NEED moshiach NOW!!!!
AD MOSAI!!!!!!!??????

To #92
December 28, 2010 7:08 pm

The more the better

Ahavas Chesed?
December 28, 2010 6:16 pm

For years before there was Ahavas Chesed, everyone who asked got free food from shloime lehrer

to #92
December 28, 2010 6:10 pm

i do and its not nice to say who cares !!!

to #69
December 28, 2010 5:33 pm

the pizza will never be the same!

who cares
December 28, 2010 3:47 pm

I say that we should all mind our own Business, for all those worried that they may go hungry, ahavas chesed has a free soup kitchen

Another out-of-towner
December 28, 2010 3:03 pm

We will really miss Kingston Pizza!! Whenever we would come into Crown Heights that was one of my “can’t miss stops”! Being that we can’t eat the pizza where we live we really relished getting your pizza with a BaDatz hechsher! And the breakfast menu and the price can’t be beat! Much hatzlacha to Shloime on your future endeavors, and thanks for being such a mentsch! I also hope that the employees will stay with the new pizza venture – they were always so nice, too! Wish we were there to have a pizza now!!

The pizzashop?
December 28, 2010 2:45 pm

kingston pizza was one the highlights of our trips to NY!

Preserve it.
December 28, 2010 1:40 pm

I think that Kingston Pizza should be declared a historical landmark.

to 82?
December 28, 2010 12:06 pm

is he really running?

Feigie
December 28, 2010 10:41 am

There other food was good too! Soups, and I used their blintzes every Shavous!

shlomi
December 28, 2010 10:00 am

so happy and a little sad too hatzlacha

hatzlacha bejol asher tifne!!!!
December 28, 2010 9:00 am

hatzlacha raba mi kol halev mehachlim lajem meArgentina, Israel veMiriam Kapeluschnik

to new owner
December 28, 2010 8:46 am

will it continue to have badatz hashgacha? That’s all I’ll eat. Please do not make it another store without community – Rabbonim’s- hechsher.

soooo sadddd!!
December 28, 2010 7:52 am

!!!!!

Vote for Itzik!
December 28, 2010 12:30 am

I heard Benabou is running in 2013 for mayor of NYC, he plans to replace Bloomberg. Please vote for our own Itzik. If you are not yet registered, please do so now.

:(:(:(:(:(
December 28, 2010 12:04 am

Mark is going:(

no words
December 27, 2010 11:43 pm

there is just no words to describe this terrible tragedy!

this world is just crazy
December 27, 2010 11:42 pm

first it snows, then the garbage trucks with plows dont come to clean up, and now shloime lehrer is selling the pizza shop, what will be next?

what can i say
December 27, 2010 11:39 pm

i guess it was hashem choice and we will have to accept itwith love even if it is very hard!!!

thank you shloime
December 27, 2010 11:38 pm

your were such a great store owner and i dont know if anybody could even compare!!!!!!!

what now
December 27, 2010 11:36 pm

i am starting to feel hungry?

nothing like it!!!
December 27, 2010 11:35 pm

it just not going to be the same

what a waste
December 27, 2010 11:34 pm

i should of gone there more often cuz now it is just to late!

Shluchim
December 27, 2010 11:15 pm

I want to wish Shloime Lehrer Hatzlacha. As out-of-towners you always knew you’d be welcomed by a genuinely friendly & warm shop keeper and delicious pizza & homemade fries. If you were short a dollar you said to put it into Tzedakah. Know that you will be sorely missed and were always a definite destination on all visits to Crown Heights.
Hopefully the new owner will be able to follow in your ways…food was always delicious & service was consistently courteous!

estie
December 27, 2010 11:01 pm

wow. compliments abound for mr lehrer. very nice.

so what was the purchase price?

and what will lehrer do now?

out of towner
December 27, 2010 10:41 pm

WHAT?? whenever we come to ny we always have kingston pizza!! we’ll miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Purim
December 27, 2010 10:31 pm

Hope it’s just a Purim juke/scamm

To #67
December 27, 2010 10:28 pm

It’s still gona be here just new owner

why???
December 27, 2010 9:42 pm

its the only pizza shop on kingston!!!!!

nooooooo!
December 27, 2010 9:32 pm

im gonna miss that place!!!!!

Thank You
December 27, 2010 9:14 pm

Thanx for the gr8 service you offered to our community.
Much Hatzlacha with whatever you move on to, Hashem should bentch you with an abundance of Money!

Hatzlochah
December 27, 2010 9:13 pm

a customer from England: We will miss your breakfast when we come next time. We will also miss your polite services and welcomnig words. Hatzlochah in what ever you do in the future. Also Hatzlochah to the new owners. If they are as polite and welcoming as the old owners they will be O.K.

please take credit card
December 27, 2010 8:48 pm

hope the news pizza store will take credit card for payment
that will be greatly appreciated

Yashar Koach
December 27, 2010 8:48 pm

Rabbi Shloime Lerer helped The Shluchim Office fund many projects throughout the years.

malca
December 27, 2010 8:39 pm

do you have to go? change your mind and stay. you will be missed

out of towner
December 27, 2010 8:09 pm

he was so nice to us, one time we didnt have cash and only a check He still gave us food and we repaid the next time we had cash. Much success in your future endeavors.

NO WAY
December 27, 2010 7:56 pm

My kids are with me on COL Live and are so upset about this news! they all scram NO WAY, sorry Mr Lehrer but the CH children aren’t happy about this news.

ch mom
December 27, 2010 7:36 pm

The atmosphere in Kingston Pizza was so nice and friendly. Thank you Shlomi Lehrer – may you have hatzlacha in your future endeavors.

more food, yay
December 27, 2010 7:16 pm

hes prob make a huge restaurant with the pizza shop and kingston plaza!!! oh and a small isle with grocerys

To # 38
December 27, 2010 7:07 pm

It’s like the game monopoly! And Itzik is WINNING!!

Soon maybe he’ll have the whole board (=crown heights)…

Go, Itzik, Go!!!

To # 7
December 27, 2010 7:06 pm

Yeah, and I can’t wait to see the prices after the first couple of months… 😉

you remember when...
December 27, 2010 7:04 pm

that group of boys and girls from Eretz Yisroel started the pizza shop in the store where mr. eggs was? when brook moved it across the street next to regency? (after a while the sign said “kosher pizz”) when mochkin got it? when it was moved to its present spot by the Eretz Yisroeldiker gentleman? then shloimy shyichye bought it lihatzlocho rabboh. hatzlocho rabboh to itzik benabou sheyichye.

One of the nicest store owners on Kingston Ave
December 27, 2010 6:56 pm

I usually do not comment, but just had to. Shlomie Lehrer is just one of the nicest store owner on Kingston Ave. A mentch who would trust people and always with a smile. I wish him much Hatzlacha. An Out Of Towner

Very so sad
December 27, 2010 6:55 pm

Bye bye

Good Luck in the future
December 27, 2010 6:53 pm

Shlomi is a great store owner, one of the best on Kigston, wish hin much success in the future.

that guy
December 27, 2010 6:40 pm

who calls everyone rebbe and rebbetzin is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

to #38
December 27, 2010 6:38 pm

flams will still stay there and not change owners. lol

will miss you:(
December 27, 2010 6:21 pm

i cant believe it!!!!
i have such goodchildhood memories of that place!!! my family used to go there every thuesday night for supper!!!!
its my favorite place to eat!!! hope the new owner is not ganna change it too much!!!

resident
December 27, 2010 6:11 pm

Shloime was a great owner I hope the place dsnt turn into a hang out

goodby
December 27, 2010 5:57 pm

goodby to mark, cris, petrik, and all other workers

Not just a pizza shop!
December 27, 2010 5:46 pm

What? kingston pizza is not a store, it’s a moised! You can’t sell a moised!!

MARK
December 27, 2010 5:44 pm

mark better still be there…..
or else i’ll say the sale is not good for me 🙁

Always so nice
December 27, 2010 5:42 pm

I’m from out of town but from the few stores on kingston where you were treated with a smile you will surely be missed!

so sad :-(
December 27, 2010 5:38 pm

i never tasted better pizza in my life!!!
i will really miss it and there is nothing that can make up for it!

We'll miss you Shlomi!
December 27, 2010 5:38 pm

The coffee always came with a free good vort! the breakfast was delicious but the company was the best! I wish you much Hatzlocho!

What will be with MARK?
December 27, 2010 5:33 pm

Seriously… does Mark come with the sale of the place? Or is he leaving now too?

Out of Towner
December 27, 2010 5:33 pm

When we were first married and pregnant with our first child, we used to fly in every other week for pizza and a milkshake. The workers remember my order from when I was single and 11 years later they still see me and smile. We will miss you!!!

I love kingston pizza
December 27, 2010 5:30 pm
Idea
December 27, 2010 5:26 pm

I say Itzik buys the meat store too and then he can own that whole block!

nooooooooooo
December 27, 2010 5:24 pm

i cant believe it!!!!!!
were will i go on motzei shabbos??????

:-(
December 27, 2010 5:23 pm

i remember going there as a kid. will miss the memories

I still love the old Pizza SHop
December 27, 2010 5:20 pm

That Yossi Brook ran!!!!

NO!
December 27, 2010 5:18 pm

NO WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

WHAT?
December 27, 2010 5:15 pm

WHAT?? NO!

to #7
December 27, 2010 5:14 pm

you are sick. just sick. the kigston pizza store is the best and now benabou will change it all around, with all memories. and why wasnt he available for comment???

למה
December 27, 2010 5:14 pm

אל תגזור על הציבור גזירה שהם לא יכולים לעמוד בה

good costomer
December 27, 2010 5:11 pm

please keep the same recepe
it was the best one ever

to shlomy
December 27, 2010 5:10 pm

we love your food and wish you a great sucsess and hope u open another resturant

m. vogel
December 27, 2010 5:08 pm

i LLLLLLOVE kingston

run!!!
December 27, 2010 5:03 pm

go buy pizza before its over!!!!

love it!
December 27, 2010 5:01 pm

I LOVE KINGSTON PIZZA!!!

please
December 27, 2010 5:00 pm

bring back the shuk like we were all told it would be.

uhah....
December 27, 2010 5:00 pm

fill your tummys up this week

crown heightser
December 27, 2010 5:00 pm

well miss the pizza!!!!
it was awesome!!!!
hope it will continue to be as good!!!!!!!

goodbye
December 27, 2010 4:58 pm

come on we have to say goodbye to our lovely pizza shop

goodbye i love you kingston pizza

annonomys
December 27, 2010 4:57 pm

shlomie i’d like to buy 18 frozen pies!!!

mendi
December 27, 2010 4:56 pm

why?

מנחה
December 27, 2010 4:56 pm

שלומי תמשיך לבוא למנחה כל יום 1.45

yossi
December 27, 2010 4:56 pm

best pizza in the world!!!

that sale rox
December 27, 2010 4:55 pm

supper tonight, tommorow night and 20 pies for the rest of the year in the frizer

annonymos
December 27, 2010 4:54 pm

who is buying it??

ברכה והצלחה
December 27, 2010 4:54 pm

עד בלי די שלומי … שהשם יברך אותך בכל טוב
חיים שאול

we will miss you so much!
December 27, 2010 4:53 pm

we love the pizza!!

aw!!
December 27, 2010 4:52 pm

we will miss you so much!

joe
December 27, 2010 4:52 pm

we going to miss you shlome

c'mon
December 27, 2010 4:50 pm

why is he selling it???
itwas the best pizza in the world

from sroly
December 27, 2010 4:50 pm

its to bad i cant go behind the counter anymore!

from momo
December 27, 2010 4:48 pm

we’ll miss your pizza a lot!! ( its the best! )

oh no!!
December 27, 2010 4:48 pm

i loved kingston pizza…
well miss you…
i hope the pizza will stay the same

YAY!
December 27, 2010 4:45 pm

I know many people will disagree with me, they will say that he has a monopoly etc, but Benabou knows how to turn a business around. Finally, there will be a decent pizza store in crown heights. I personally can’t wait to see what he will do with it.

good luck!
December 27, 2010 4:45 pm

wish u and benabou good luck! nice of lehrer to make a special good bye sale.

it's so hard to say good bye
December 27, 2010 4:42 pm

we wish you and your family much hatzlacha in your future endeavors.

a good customer
December 27, 2010 4:40 pm

thank you.

Your breakfast was the best ever
December 27, 2010 4:34 pm
yossi
December 27, 2010 4:34 pm

mazal tov.mazal tov!!!!!!!!!!!!

We'll miss you!
December 27, 2010 4:33 pm

I love Kingston pizza and hope it”ll get bigger and better!

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