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Breakfast at @agiscounter was excellent. A must if

Breakfast at @agiscounter was excellent. A must if you’re in Brooklyn. Kat especially loved the palacsinta topped witb whipped pistachio halva, honey butter, soft cream, and dukkah! Also, don’t sleep on their caraway chocolate chip cookie.

This deserved a place on the grid - AMAZING dinner

This deserved a place on the grid - AMAZING dinner at @gertrudesnyc with @sarikamin ❤️ The company, the food, and the drinks were wonderful.

@ksromanow wrote about adapting her family’s piz

@ksromanow wrote about adapting her family’s pizza recipe after converting to Judaism, as a way to bridge both her Italian & Jewish identities for @tabletmag Read the article and try the pizza out yourself! Link in bio.

The iconic @moishesmontreal reopened in a new loca

The iconic @moishesmontreal reopened in a new location this week and we thought it would be fun to tell you about the history of this restaurant that is central to the food culture of Montreal and the Jewish community of the city.

Moishe’s was founded by Moishe Lighter in 1938. Moishe was a Jewish Romanian immigrant to Montreal. After arriving he began working at Suffrin’s Broiling House, a Jewish Romanian restaurant in the same location on Boulevard St-Laurent where Moishes was first located.

The story goes that one night, while playing a game of poker with the owner of Suffrin’s, Moishe won the restaurant! He renamed it Romanian Paradise and then changed the name to Moishes two years later.
The restaurant served traditional Romanian Jewish food. You could find charbroiled steaks on the menu (they only cost a few dollars when Moishes first opened!), alongside grilled udder, karnatzel, and Romanian eggplant salad. It’s famous Monte Carlo potato was added to the menu in later years.

Moishes was a restaurant where members of Montreal’s Jewish community celebrated special occasions like weddings, while also being a regular spot for family dinners.

A meal at Moishes always started with their famous pickles, coleslaw, and rye bread, and ended with a piece of dubble bubble as you walked out the door.

It was named one of the world’s best steakhouses by the UK’s Daily Telegraph and other publications.

After Moishe’s death, his sons Lenny and Larry ran the restaurant until they sold it to Sportscene Restaurant group in 2018, with Lenny staying on as a manager. The restaurant closed during the pandemic with the promise of a reopening. The new location is on Square Victoria.

We can’t help but wish its original location on the Main was still its home, but we’re happy this iconic restaurant is open for Montrealers to enjoy once again!

This is our first Shavuot without being able to sc

This is our first Shavuot without being able to schmear a bagel with our beloved Liberté cream cheese. Why?!! How?!!

Take a moment to read @ksromanow elegy to the cream cheese we will always miss. Link in bio.