Lakewood NJ Master Thread

[drosenberg88429]

YES hechsher is only on the food

Big difference of policy on this. Many hashgachos will not give a hechsher to a place that has immodest wait staff, inappropriate music, and more. (A bit irrelevant to this particular letter, which was complaining about something outside of the proprietor's control, which obviously cannot be mandated as part of the certification process.)

[ydbe]

Pizza Fun
4.9  (122)
Pizza restaurant
Permanently closed
Address: 223 2nd St, Lakewood, NJ 08701
Phone: (732) 707-2000

Pizza fun is changing over to fleishig, so I was told by the owner... I really liked their Rotev...RIP

[yesitsme]

Pizza fun is changing over to fleishig, so I was told by the owner... I really liked their Rotev...RIP

Parve ice cream meh

[Fish Tank]

Round robins become less common as being a SAHM becomes unusual in the Lakewood demographic except for the financially comfortable (who aren't nervous about the extra thousand dollars in daycare costs).

@Euclid is stating that it will become more common once the cost of daycare outweighs the income from a job.

[aygart]

Great point.

So let me give you a history lesson. There was a women by the name of Mrs. Zivah Kriger A'H.
( https://matzav.com/mrs-ziva-kriger-ah/ )

She was very involved in this aspect of playgroups and she set the registration opening date as tu bshvat. No playgroup took registration prior to tu bishvat.

Unfortunately she was nifter at a very young age and no one filled her role in the various aspects of chinuch that she was involved in. The very next year, someone inserted an ANONYMOUS full page advertisement in the BP weekly, and proclaimed "the tu bshvat registration date is no longer in effect. Registration for playroups will now start on isru chag succos"

This is where the mess started.

Now, obviously the morahs can band together and make whatever start date they want. Tu Bshvat, after pesach, shavous, etc. But without leadership it's very difficult to get every morah on board because there will always be some morahs that want to have their registration booked up early (for various reasons).
As long as some morahs are doing, it will be very difficult for others to hold off. One of the reasons is because parents rather register at the playgroup that opens earlier because they are concerned that maybe they won't get a slot in the playgroup that's opening later in the season, and then they will be stuck.

Even under her rules there were at most a handful of slots available when tu bishvat came since the morahs put people down for a slot they didn't "give" them until tu bishvat.

[Fish Tank]

Even under her rules there were at most a handful of slots available when tu bishvat came since the morahs put people down for a slot they didn't "give" them until tu bishvat.

. . . .So the phone calls started 2-3 weeks before tu bshvat. Now that open enrollment starts is isru chag succos, the phone calls start mid-August.

Same thing.

[free123cc]

anyone here have experience using MBD Movers?

thanks

[YitzyS]

anyone here have experience using MBD Movers?

thanks

I used them and was happy. Don't remember the specifics anymore, but I remember that they did a good job.

[Euclid]

anyone here have experience using MBD Movers?

thanks

PMd you

[free123cc]

I used them and was happy. Don't remember the specifics anymore, but I remember that they did a good job.

thanks,

price wise, was he average?  im hearing good things about them but wondering if i should shop around for the best price also? or just go w a good guy for a fair price?

[YitzyS]

thanks,

price wise, was he average?  im hearing good things about them but wondering if i should shop around for the best price also? or just go w a good guy for a fair price?

It was a few years ago, but IIRC, he was maybe a drop on the higher end, but I thought it was very worth it. If the guy breaks one thing and refuses to pay, that can make up for any price difference...

[efflpetzel]

anyone here have experience using MBD Movers?

thanks

He's one of the best around, very happy with him

[yelped]

Anyone in Wall Township that can do me a favor? Please PM me.

Thanks!

ETA: willing to pay.

[Mikeoracle]

anyone here have experience using MBD Movers?

thanks

we used him a few years ago, we were very happy with him.
Very professional and fast

[moko]

YES hechsher is only on the food

hard rule, no exceptions?

[jye]

hard rule, no exceptions?

Jew open on shabbos

[yesitsme]

anyone here have experience using MBD Movers?

thanks

MBD from BoroPark?

[yelped]

Anyone in Wall Township that can do me a favor? Please PM me.

Thanks!

ETA: willing to pay.

Bump.

[king solomon]

Does anyone know of someone who packs/unpacks for a move? (I’m not looking for a gemach)

[imayid2]

Does anyone know of someone who packs/unpacks for a move? (I’m not looking for a gemach)

Try midstate.