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Yeshivas
BMG- Biggest Yeshiva in the USA and perhaps the world.
https://www.bmg.edu/

Restaurants

Comprehensive list of Lakewood Restaurants here
Entree http://entreerestaurant.com - Best upscale meat place with great food and service 
Revolve- A new small upscale nice and different meat place.
Estreia - most upscale restaurant around but food could use improvement 
Ottimo  https://www.ottimocafe.com/ best and nicest dairy restaurant
cafotteria http://cafotteria.com/ nice dairy restaurant/cafe modern style
www.paninicafelakewood.com nice small restaurant , delicious food
Pizzano- A pizza store with nice sit down area also has a large dairy menu ( served to table )
Upper Crust- A nice sit down area with large dairy menu ( Full waiter service )

Fast Food
Meat
Glatt Bite- Massive menu with fast service and delicious American and Chinese food.
D'LUX- Massive menu with fast service. American, Chinese, and sushi
Yussies- Deli and sandwiches. Delicious fries.
Glatt Gourmet- best homemade take out food (also sandwiches and chinese)
Yapchik- Nice menu great homemade take out, or eat in, best shabbes meat selection
Bun- Nice new place, great burgers
Sushi Express- sushi and Chinese, they deliver 732-901-7874
South Side Sandwich Shop- Fast-food joint Extensive sandwich menu. Has delicious smoked Ribs/Lamb brisket and chicken. Friendly service.
Snaps- Fast food in Westgate
Mikes Chicken Crunchers - variety of fried chicken and sandwiches
Dairy
Circa - Clean pizza store/cafe with large menu + sushi.
Pizza Place- A pizza store with a large dairy menu and very nice setting located in WestGate 732.730.1144
Pizza Plus, 4th st btwn Clifton and Lexington. Original Lakewood pizza store. Foods great. Best pizza around
J2- Pizza and sushi in Shoprite plaza. Pizza is good, great sushi. Service is not good.
Village Pizza (2 locatioons) - Pizza store with a dairy menu

Bagel Nosh - Legendary bagel store, needs no introduction
4 Corners (4 locations) , bagel store+ sushi ]
Coffee
French Press - Freshly Roasted exotic coffee beans. Ground and brewed on demand by the cup. Standard method is pour over, but you can request just about any. Ask which brand are freshest.

Shuls
Kol Shimshon - fixed mincha and maariv every 15 minutes at peak times otherwise every 1/2 hour
West Gate - Maariv every 20 minutes from 8-12
Satmar- Forest and 5th
Chestnut - Another good option for Shachris (until 9) if you're on the South side of the lake (and for shkiya mincha-maariv). 105 Chestnut Street Corner of Tiffany Lane

Kosher Grocery and Supermarkets
Jerusalem Glatt: 515 River Ave  Phone: (732) 370-6695
Kosher West: 136 Hillside Blvd
NPGS  - 152 James Street, 231 Main Street, and 2080 W County Line
Super Stop - 1161 River Ave and 416 Cedarbridge
Foodex -  407 Princeton Ave
Shloimys  - 1750 Clifton Ave
Gormet Glatt - 1700 Madison Ave
Kosher Villiage - 911 E County Line
Jerusalem Glatt  - 515 River Ave
Corner of 2nd - 132 2nd Street
Kollel Food Store - 403 Clifton
Aisle 9 -  951 Madison
Picnic - 357 Squankum RIP 6.20.2021
Evergreen
Gourmet Glatt South
BINGO
Feldman’s
Yankel’s
Seasons
Chick-Chock

Clothing

Men
His Place- 435 Clifton Ave
Emporio- 1700 Madison Ave
Marcy's- NEW LOCATION- 10 America Ave

Women
Girls on Glen- 120 Hillside Blvd
Gowns By Shevy(you can also sell and rent out your sister/mother of the bride gowns here)
Zinelli- 175 E Kennedy Blvd
Heads of Class- 916 River Ave

Periodicals

Newspapers
The Lakewood Shopper

Magazines
The Voice of Lakewood

Advertising only
The Clip It coupon card732-231-2692 - Coupon card that comes in back of the BP

BP weekly

Lakewood weekly

Masa Umatan (Has popular lists like freebay, Rental list http://masaumatan.com/e96_rentals.html, and playgroup list)

Residential Rental listings
http://masaumatan.com/MasaRentals.pdf
rental list http://masaumatan.com/e96_rentals.html

https://www.listingsinlakewood.com/

Keilim Mikva:

11th st mikva, -till 4pm
Hertzberg, 121 E 9th bet. Park and East end. -On left side of house after entrance to shul.
DB Electronics open 24hrs in the back ( Yt seasons only for costumers)
The Westview Shop
Center Of Town (Gourmet Glatt plaza)
Amazing Savings
Yesodei Court


Car Repairs

https://greaterlakewood.com/lakewood-mobile-mechanics-diagnose-and-fix-cars-at-owners-homes/

Betzalel Brezner 845-558-5547
Absolute cheapest prices, great work
@S209: I was very satisfied, used him twice
Tell him you saw it on dansdeals forums! :)

Reuven & Sons Auto Repair
40 Chestnut street
From transmissions to brakes.
Honest prices. Quick service
848-222-1104
New mechanic in town. 25 years experience, moved from Brooklyn.
Tell him you saw it on Dansdeals.

Brakes and Batteries
Moshe Levy will come to you.  848-210-3640
Lipas

Body Work
AllState Collision (Ovadia Levine) 732-730-0220

Plumbers

Zalman Charloff- Z R Plumbing. Six four six-946-2903 (recommended by S209 and by YitzyS)

HVAC
Izzy Zerken - AMZ Heating and Cooling (recommended by S209)

Flowers

White Ribbon Florist - Weddings, events, and stunning Shabbos flowers. @S209

Phone Repairs

Lg Exalt Repairs- 347-201-2501 (Call or Text)
Matis Geesis - 732 523-0033

Note that this list is far from exhaustive.


To Do - Parks & Recreational Ideas:

http://www.oceancountyparks.org/

Transportation
Rockshire Transit - Lakewood/Monsey - 845-352-8543
Midtown Bus - see this post by @Marks
See this post for other options to Manhattan

Auto Sales
Toms River Auto Sales
Lakewood Auto Sales
Priority
iCar
Ami Katz
MY Auto Sales
Auto Discounters
Car Shadchan
Lakewood Car Finder

Author Topic: Lakewood NJ Master Thread  (Read 4343243 times)

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #560 on: March 21, 2013, 03:14:20 PM »
So you guys are saying that more religious is bad?!
So pathetic, why cant people deal with the fact that some are on a higher level?
I did not say that at all. Dont twist my words

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #561 on: March 21, 2013, 03:15:17 PM »
I dont think there are more in Lakewood, but kids who grow up in more religious families tend to go way farther then if a person grew up in "less" frum family that I do agree with.
+1

Like a rubber band - the harder you pull back, the farther they fly. :'(
Maybe we shoul feed our kids chazer now so they don't do drugs in 10 years.  ::) ::)
The Modox community has no kids off the derech and the irriligious do not have rebellious teenagers.
Maybe we should all go frei.  :P :P
Then all the Lakewood Haters on this Forum will love us.
They won't judge us by the way we dress (or lack thereof)or our lifestyle. (Kollel, Drug abuse, Chillul Shabbos etc.[In that order])
Just by the pure (Now filthy) Neshama.  ::) ::)
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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #562 on: March 21, 2013, 03:19:03 PM »
Maybe we shoul feed our kids chazer now so they don't do drugs in 10 years.  ::) ::)
The Modox community has no kids off the derech and the irriligious do not have rebellious teenagers.
Maybe we should all go frei.  :P :P
Then all the Lakewood Haters on this Forum will love us.
They won't judge us by the way we dress (or lack thereof)or our lifestyle. (Kollel, Drug abuse, Chillul Shabbos etc.[In that order])
Just by the pure (Now filthy) Neshama.  ::) ::)
I think you are missing the point a little. I have 0 against lakewood, I am making a general statement, it just so happens it is in the Lakewood thread.
« Last Edit: March 21, 2013, 03:25:51 PM by judahk88 »

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #563 on: March 21, 2013, 03:24:30 PM »
So no one here believes that Lakewood has some serious chinuch issues?
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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #564 on: March 21, 2013, 03:25:24 PM »
So no one here believes that Lakewood has some serious chinuch issues?
I cant vouch for anyone else, but I dont believe its any worse than other places IMO

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #565 on: March 21, 2013, 03:26:09 PM »
So no one here believes that Lakewood has some serious chinuch issues?
Why are we still stirring this pot?
Obviously many people have very hot feelings on this for whatever reasons.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #566 on: March 21, 2013, 03:26:29 PM »
Alas here we go again.

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #567 on: March 21, 2013, 03:26:48 PM »
Why are we still stirring this pot?
Obviously many people have very hot feelings on this for whatever reasons.
+1. THE END!

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #568 on: March 21, 2013, 03:33:31 PM »
Why are we still stirring this pot?
Obviously many people have very hot feelings on this for whatever reasons.

Its a different pot. I'm not discussing policies of accepting kids.

I feel that in very religious place such as lakewood, there has be to some system in place that gives flexibility to kids that aren't able to hold to such high levels of halacha. Instead of only having systems in place for off the derech kids, they should look into prevention.
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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #569 on: March 21, 2013, 03:40:05 PM »
Its a different pot. I'm not discussing policies of accepting kids.

I feel that in very religious place such as lakewood, there has be to some system in place that gives flexibility to kids that aren't able to hold to such high levels of halacha. Instead of only having systems in place for off the derech kids, they should look into prevention.
I agree with that.

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #570 on: March 21, 2013, 03:44:20 PM »
Its a different pot. I'm not discussing policies of accepting kids.

I feel that in very religious place such as lakewood, there has be to some system in place that gives flexibility to kids that aren't able to hold to such high levels of halacha. Instead of only having systems in place for off the derech kids, they should look into prevention.
+1
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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #571 on: March 21, 2013, 03:48:57 PM »
Its the unrelenting bashing of kollel people that needs to stop. I know you like them, respect them etc bla bla.
AFAIK They are the one group the least deserving of criticism, whether its their "attitude" their "chinuch" etc. If your out to fix the world why contuinuesly focus on those who learn in kollel? Its always something that those "Lakewood" people are doing wrong....
It dosent bother anyone whats going on in Monsey, Flatbush, Crown hights, Cle, yerushalayim etc. Its Lakewood thats the sorce of all evil.
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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #572 on: March 21, 2013, 03:55:56 PM »
Good L-rd, can't you read?! We are NOT bashing kollel people. We are NOT bashing Lakewood people. In fact, we are not "bashing" anyone. judahk88, jaywhy, and I are making a very simple point: statistically, in ANY community, there is trend among off-the-derech kids: the more frum the family, the further the kid goes, R"L. "The greater they are, the harder they fall", and all that.

Please take that humongous, kollel-shaped chip off your shoulder. The only place where people are attacking kollel people - as of right now - is in your imagination. So lighten up, okay?

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #573 on: March 21, 2013, 03:56:47 PM »
 ok  :)

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #575 on: March 21, 2013, 04:15:16 PM »
Good L-rd, can't you read?! We are NOT bashing kollel people. We are NOT bashing Lakewood people. In fact, we are not "bashing" anyone. judahk88, jaywhy, and I are making a very simple point: statistically, in ANY community, there is trend among off-the-derech kids: the more frum the family, the further the kid goes, R"L. "The greater they are, the harder they fall", and all that.

Please take that humongous, kollel-shaped chip off your shoulder. The only place where people are attacking kollel people - as of right now - is in your imagination. So lighten up, okay?
-111111111111111
I lived in Lakewood. I lived and breathed the local politics. I've spent countless hours in the offices of various yeshivas (doing volunteer work), rubbing shoulders with some of the top brass in the community.

My sources? Myself. My own personal experiences, observations, and interactions. I think that's good enough.


Well, I've spent countless late-night hours sitting in the office of Yeshiva Ketana, talking community politics with the aforementioned "top brass". Those candid, open, shooting-the-breeze conversations put any mikva schmooze to shame.
And what pisses me off most of all about kollel people.... just who do you think it is that is paying for you to sit in kollel, anyway?! Other kollel people?!
As I pointed out in the post you so helpfully linked to, I am not (yet) a "Lakewood hater", per se. Although it is people like you that are pushing me more and more in that direction.
Again, I'm not some ignorant hater from Flatbush. I'm someone who used to live in Lakewood, who experienced all this firsthand.
Oh, and I'm in kollel, too. So they are, indeed, not necessary "holier than me". The difference is... I also work on the side, since I understand that the whole world isn't magiya li.
Need I say more.  ::) ::) You're a very "Knowledgable Locally Grown Hater" Ashrei Rabach shelamdach Torah!  ::) ::)
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Free Stuff!" 8)

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #576 on: March 21, 2013, 04:20:04 PM »
-111111111111111Need I say more.  ::) ::) You're a very "Knowledgable Locally Grown Hater" Ashrei Rabach shelamdach Torah!  ::) ::)
So you are proving to him from his own post where he says he is not a hater, that he is indeed a hater?

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #577 on: March 21, 2013, 04:23:09 PM »
So you are proving to him from his own post where he says he is not a hater, that he is indeed a hater?
First of all after all those times saying he is not a hater, He says I'm not an Ignorant hater from Flatbush but rather a hater from Lakewood w/ major connections  ::) ::) :P
Second, I never had to announce that I'm not an anti-Semite.
Dunno why but nobody ever confused me with one.  ::) ::)
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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #578 on: March 21, 2013, 04:27:27 PM »
I am dropping out of this one.

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Re: Lakewood NJ Master Thread
« Reply #579 on: March 21, 2013, 04:36:17 PM »
-111111111111111Need I say more.  ::) ::) You're a very "Knowledgable Locally Grown Hater" Ashrei Rabach shelamdach Torah!  ::) ::)

...And right on cue, Mimi K. comes charging in, machete swinging, with more unprovoked, hate-ridden comments. I actually try my best to love Lakewooders, but it's people like you who really give me a run for my money.

Clearly, you can't read, either:
The only place where people are attacking kollel people - as of right now - is in your imagination. So lighten up, okay?

I'm not talking about yesterday. I'm not talking about last week. I'm not talking about any time in the past. I am saying that right now, TODAY, nobody is bashing Lakewood. In THIS argument, we are making simple point that applies to Jewish communities everywhere. So like I said to churnbabychurn:
 
Please take that humongous, kollel-shaped chip off your shoulder.
It really doesn't look good on you.