5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread

[ushdadude]

Going with my son who loves shnitzel/fried chicken.

west wing
chickies is supposed to be good too but never been

[Dan]

west wing
chickies is supposed to be good too but never been

Menu?
Never cared much for Chickies.

[stooges44]

Menu?
Never cared much for Chickies.

Holy shnitzel is the same as Chickies for half the price.

[Dan]

I don't know about the food,

But the hechsher is just as good as any Vaad establishment. Probably a little higher standard.
Only reason not to eat there is politics. But that also might be a reason to specificaly eat there. Depends which side you are on.

Not on any side. If it's kosher that works for me, I think?

[ushdadude]

Menu?
Never cared much for Chickies.

https://www.westwingkosher.com/our-menu

famous west wings are usually great.burgers are also great. big flavors. nothing subtle or nuanced

and really good chicken fingers

[Mootkim]

Someone told me I have to eat at Chimichurri.

Food good?
What's with the hechsher situation?

You hafta get the charcoal chicken. Its the only place in the world where i would go out to eat and actually order chicken on the bone.

[Mootkim]

Holy shnitzel is the same as Chickies for half the price.

Never! Chickies sandwiches are wayyy better. The ian beat box is 

[aygart]

Not on any side. If it's kosher that works for me, I think?

Make sure to hear about the kashrus from someone not on their side to find that out.

[yitzgar]

Going with my son who loves shnitzel/fried chicken.

Westwing

[justaregularguy]

I believe the vaad said not to eat there only if you’re from the five towns
If you’re from a different community they never said. Hechshar is fine. I don’t eat there

[sammyp]

I would have agreed with you until they decided to sue the local Rabbanim in secular court. IMHO there are certain lines you don't cross.
If someone served me 550 I would probably eat it, but not chimichuri

They went to court after the Vaad refused to answer their hazmana to Beis Din. Some Vaad members wrongfully believed a Vaad is not required to answer a hazmana and cannot be summoned to Beis Din. It was a big debate amongst the local Rabonim.

The Beis Din (actually two of them) believed the Vaad was required to show up. When they didn't, the Beis Din gave a heter arkoas, allowing it to go to court.

That didn't happen because of the restaurant. It was a result of the Vaad's no show to Beis Din.

That's the (sad) facts.

[sammyp]

I believe the vaad said not to eat there only if you’re from the five towns
If you’re from a different community they never said. Hechshar is fine. I don’t eat there

Who gives the Vaad the power to tell you not to eat there? It's only Kosher if you don't live here?!? That should be a shailah to ask your personal Rov.

It is also actually the grounds of the lawsuit. Since it is fully Kosher, the Vaad is being sued for telling people not to eat there for power reasons.

[Sammy82]

Could we not have this discussion again? I'm pretty sure it's all still active a few pages back and anybody that wants to get the raid and hock (probably more like loshon hara and motzei shaim rah) could go back there. No need to repeat it here.

[yitzgar]

So where did you end up eating @Dan

[Dan]

So where did you end up eating @Dan

Next week iy"h.

[Ralphie]

Going with my son who loves shnitzel/fried chicken.

Definitely West Wing for that. Get their famous chicken nuggets.

[aygart]

Definitely West Wing for that. Get their famous chicken nuggets.

KNown to everyone who already ate them. Reminds me of an ad I saw from a kiddush caterer "Introducing our Famous Cholent"

[DarcheiParent]

They went to court after the Vaad Halachically and based on Daas Torah refused to answer their hazmana to a crocodile Beis Din (since no other Beis Din would take the case). All Vaad members wrongfully believed a Vaad is not required to answer a hazmana and cannot be summoned to Beis Din. There was no It was a big debate amongst the local Rabonim and their position was clearly communicated to all community members (not just those who read the tabloids)

The crocodile Beis Din (actually two of them) believed the Vaad was required to show up. When they didn't, the crocodile Beis Din gave a made up heter arkoas, allowing it to go to court (of which nothing happened btw) and run to the New York Post  .

That didn't happened because of the restaurant. It was a result of the Vaad's no show to Beis Din one disgruntled store owner who couldn't believe that EVERY Rav (except his own which incidentally started this 'Hashgacha') was against him.

That's the (sad) facts.

FTFY

[Sammy82]

Com'n man. Enough already.

[Yitzshpitz]

KNown to everyone who already ate them. Reminds me of an ad I saw from a kiddush caterer "Introducing our Famous Cholent"

Like when someone says "its a famous Tosfos/Rav Chaim/Ramban/Ketzos". Famous because you learned it!