Kosher Restaurant Coming to Des Moines

The Des Moines Register reports that a kosher deli will be opening soon:

A sign in the window next door to Maccabee’s Deli at 1150 Polk Blvd. in Des Moines indicates a restaurant and catering service are coming soon. Rabbi Yossi Jacobson, director of the Judaic Resource Center that owns Maccabee’s, said the restaurant should be ready for business in about four to six months. The restaurant and catering will offer kosher, traditional Jewish foods. Those who prefer non-dairy and vegetarian foods will find many menu items amenable to their diets.

Maccabee’s Deli is a kosher deli near the corner of University Avenue. It has been in operation almost 17 years and is open for lunch Sundays and Tuesdays through Fridays. The addition of the restaurant means hours will be expanded, as the restaurant will serve a full dinner and Sunday morning breakfast which will include lox and bagels, among other options. Free Internet service will be available, plus the selection of foods and wines in the grocery section will be expanded.

New Bakery in Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Chattanooga Time Free Press reports on the opening of the city's first kosher bakery:

The corner of Hamilton Town Center on Gunbarrel Road in East Brainerd just got a little sweeter with the opening of Abraham’s Kosher and Parve Bakery.

The new business gives the area a place to find pastries that are all kosher and dairy free.

Edith Martinez and husband, Eloy, opened the bakery in early February. They had once owned a kosher bakery in Florida.

The Martinezes pride themselves in the quality and prices of their baked goods, with big muffins selling at 55 cents, large cupcakes 75 cents and large cakes with a choice of icings and fillings going for $14.99. All are made from scratch.

Rabbi Meir Goldstein of B’nai Zion Congregation certified the bakery as kosher and said that though there are other bakeries in town preparing kosher foods with a couple of parve (dairy free) offerings, “What’s unique about Abraham’s is that everything that’s baked there is considered parve. And this is the only bakery doing it.”

New Norfolk Market Features Kosher Section

The Virginian Pilot reports that folks in Norfolk will have a new source of kosher eats:

Potato kugel mix. Borscht. Pasta sauces. Beef, lamb and bison. Hummus. Feta. Gouda. A shopping cart full of candy and six brands of gefilte fish.

Those in search of kosher everything need search no more. Farm Fresh's The Market at Ghent, a newly-remodeled store at 730 W. 21st Street in Norfolk, has a 7-Eleven sized section devoted entirely to kosher foods.

Hot dogs. Egg challah. Mandel bread and apple-crumb babka. It’s all there.

The Market is open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.