Brooklyn, NY - Rabbi Advises Not to Eat From New Kosher Style Restaurant

Brooklyn, NY - A restaurant just reopened on a new location on Clark Street in the Brooklyn Heights section of Brooklyn, NY with the owner Mikel Domgjoni claiming "it's all the same," "same matzo ball soup, same chopped liver, same hot dogs, same corned beef and pastrami. We're using the same company as always.

"The meat is kosher," he said as he pulled out a sheaf of receipts to show where his meats were bought from. But the kitchen is not under rabbinic supervision anymore, because Domgjoni said, I could no longer afford it, "Glatt kosher is expensive, and my rent is higher - $5,000 higher," also because I want to be open on Shabbas, as well as Jewish holidays.

But Rabbi Aaron Raskin, who oversaw the supervision of their previous restaurant, called the move "unfortunate."
Hundreds of restaurants have rabbinic supervision. If this one doesn't, I strongly advise those who follow the laws of kosher not to engage in any gastronomical delights," Rabbi Raskin said.

But Domgjoni says, "the people know me. They know my pastrami, where else can they get a good kosher meal?"