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Restaurants & Eateries – FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE LIST SEE: https://vaadhakashrus.org/establishments/
  • 550 Restaurant / FiveFifty – Upscale meat chop-house with creative plating (Central Ave.).
  • Adams Glatt – Butcher counter plus hot Israeli grill (Peninsula Blvd., Hewlett).
  • Ahuva’s Grill Express – Shawarma, laffas and salads to-go (Rockaway Tpke.).
  • Anju – Street-food–style Asian-fusion; small-plate focus (Cedarhurst Ave.).
  • Apron Masters Kitchen – Cooking-school storefront now selling prepared Shabbos meals.
  • Bagel Boys On Central – Classic NY bagel & dairy café; early-bird breakfast specials.
  • Barbacoa Burger House – Craft smash-burgers and smoked meats (Spruce St.).
  • Bean & Berry / That Pizza Joint – Dairy café with Detroit-style pies and açai bowls.
  • Berrylicious – Frozen-yogurt & crêpe bar (590 Central Ave.).
  • Blissful Events – Boutique caterer; seasonal boutique pop-ups (Far Rockaway).
  • Bogo Pizza – Buy-one-get-one pies & family combos (Rockaway Tpke.).
  • Bravo Kosher Pizza – Slice joint in Broadway Commons, Hewlett.
  • Burnside Pizza – Neighborhood pizza and salads (Inwood).
  • Café Chocolat – Dairy crêperie & chocolate café (Central Ave.).
  • Capri – Contemporary dairy Italian (Woodmere).
  • Carlos & Gabby’s – Long-running Tex-Mex grill (Washington Ave.).
  • Carving Block – Smokehouse meats, deli platters and pastrami on rye (Cedarhurst Ave.).
  • Central Perk Café – Breakfast & brunch spot with greenhouse seating (Cedarhurst Ave.).
  • Central Pizza Co. – Thin-crust & grandma pies plus pasta (Central Ave.).
  • Chap-A-Nosh – NY deli subs, burgers & the famous sesame chicken (Central Ave.).
  • Chefah Catering – Upscale off-premises caterer; lavish Shabbos packages.
  • Chickies – Crispy chicken sandwiches, fingers and salads (opened 2021).
  • Chimichurri Charcoal Chicken – Latin rotisserie & homestyle sides.
  • Doma – Upscale meat; rave steaks but some find portions small.
  • Hibana Hibachi – Tableside teppanyaki show; mains get mixed reviews.
  • Holy Schnitzel – Long-time chicken-sandwich staple; quality noted as uneven of late.
  • Off The Diet (“Famous Pita / Tanami”) – Israeli grill & shawarma on Broadway, Hewlett.
  • Sandwich Bar – Build-your-own panini & salad bowls (Rockaway Tpke.).
  • Smash House – Smash-burgers; faux-cheese Philly hailed as best value combo.

Groceries / Supermarkets / Meat Stores
  • Bingo Wholesale – Rockaway Tpke. Opened Feb 2024; huge kosher selection, liquor outlet next door.
  • Gourmet Glatt – Flagship kosher super-store; famous but pricey and challenging parking.
  • Stop & Shop – Lawrence – New, spacious branch in former K-Mart site.
  • Seasons – Central Ave. branch; solid prepared-food counter.
  • Kol Save – Budget meats and close-dated grocery deals.
  • Keneret Fresh Market – Butcher/take-out (Mehadrin 5T).

Shuls & Minyanim
  • White Shul (Kehillas Bais Yosef, FR) – Large Ashkenazi; multiple daily minyanim & learning programs.
  • Red Shul (KBYT) – Late-night Selichos & popular shiurim.
  • Shaare Emunah – Sephardic on Peninsula Blvd.; daily minyanim.
  • Hachaim V’Hashalom – 24-hour Beis HaMidrash-style minyan factory.
  • Other busy shuls: Aish Kodesh • The Shteeble • Yeshiva Darchei Torah • YFR Beis Medrash.

Hotels & Lodging
  • Five Towns Inn – Lawrence – Basic but walkable to many shuls.
  • Rockaway Hotel & Spa – Boutique option near beach; confirm eruv routes.
  • Hyatt Place Long Island/East End – About 1-hour east; bundles Aquarium tickets.
  • Standard JFK airport hotels (Hilton, Courtyard, TWA, etc.) are 10–15 min drive if you have post-Shabbos transport.

Things To Do / Attractions
  • Atlantic Beach Boardwalk – Closest ocean access; bridge toll $2 (Long Beach bridge free).
  • Long Island Aquarium – Riverhead – Full-day family outing; Hyatt guest discount available.
  • Woodmere / Hewlett Shopping Stroll – Boutiques & cafés; Target mini-store at Bay Harbour Mall.
  • Seasonal: Kapparos drive-through (Caffrey Ave.), Purim carnivals, local food festivals, etc.

Trip Reports (“TR”)

Restaurant Reviews / Ratings (from forum members)
  • Smash House – “Best value in the bunch… fake cheese outshines every other” – shiframeir
  • Hibana Hibachi – Fun show but mains “too salty” for some diners – Agoldsc1
  • Crave – Good food yet concept “made no sense”; closed Jan 2025 – Dan
  • Ondas – “Some of the best steaks I’ve ever had” – mochjas
  • Capri (Woodmere) – “Amazing and always empty – hope they stay open!” – Bookish
  • Early takes on Crave vs. Smash vs. Graze burgers – multiple mini-reviews in the main thread.



Services & Misc.
  • Precision Auto Body – Inwood – Frequently recommended for honest, quality work.
  • Cedar Plumbing – Reliable local plumber for small leak & boiler jobs.
  • Gas deals – Conoco (Peninsula & Rockaway) often cheapest with app discounts.


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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2940 on: October 05, 2020, 11:55:10 PM »
Your listening to to much fake news. We are not the only community with an uptick. According to Achiezer, even here it's a lot from Edgemeer, not the frum community. In addition, according to the Mayor there are 20 zips with similar upticks.

When the colored community had their uptick, it was because Trump is a racist. Now we have our uptick, and in our nine zips it's because we practice religion. The other 11 zips have no explainable reason.

Welcome to the world of Debozo and Cuomo.
What do you call an uptick? This is an explosion.
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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2941 on: October 06, 2020, 12:07:28 AM »
Funny how 50% of cases in NJ are from Lakewood, but there are upticks all over the place.
50% from lakewood. Haven’t seen that. Please provide source.

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2942 on: October 06, 2020, 12:10:17 AM »
What do you call an uptick? This is an explosion.

Even according to Debozos inflated numbers, we are at most at 3% positives. That is not an explosion, even though fake news makes it sound that way.

Remember, originally Cuomo said he will only shut the schools if the rate reaches 9%. That is what Cuomo considered an uptick. We are not even close to that anywhere in these nine zips.

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2943 on: October 06, 2020, 12:10:31 AM »
Also it is happening in both mask wearing communities and in not as much mask wearing communities. So how would you explain that.

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2944 on: October 06, 2020, 12:15:15 AM »
Another indication this is political; Williamsburg has at least the same rates as Brooklyn and Far Rockaway. Probably even higher rates. They are also not mask wearers over there either. But for some reason both the Mayor and Cuomo are leaving them alone.

Explain that!

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2945 on: October 06, 2020, 12:22:17 AM »
Another indication this is political; Williamsburg has at least the same rates as Brooklyn and Far Rockaway. Probably even higher rates. They are also not mask wearers over there either. But for some reason both the Mayor and Cuomo are leaving them alone.

Explain that!
Williamsburg has much lower rates

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2946 on: October 06, 2020, 05:55:02 AM »
Williamsburg has much lower rates
Only officially

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2947 on: October 06, 2020, 07:54:26 AM »
The instants are not accurate. High percentage of false positives.

Why do you want to get tested anyways? When will people realize that all testing does is fuel the antisemites in the government. 20 zips have an uptick, and they are only shutting down the frum neighborhoods. They blackmailed us, telling is if we wear masks, they won't shut us down. They admitted we became good with masks, and they still shut us down.

When other minority neighborhoods had upticks, it was because Trump is a racist. When we have an uptick, its all our faults.

Wiliamsburg is not being shut down because they a are not testing. When someone gets the symptoms, they just assume they have Corona.

Why are we testing when its just being used against us!?!? They are going to rewind us to pre-Pesach shut down.

And btw, if you get Corona, 99% of the people who get it now are barely sick. It's currently weaker than the flu. A few get it serious, like the flu, and those are the ines you hear about. But most are fine.

Ahem. Moderators - could we get all posts starting from this one moved to one of the numerous other covid centered boards.

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2948 on: October 06, 2020, 08:35:57 AM »
Only officially
Right, and the government is dealing with official numbers. You can't have it both ways

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2949 on: October 06, 2020, 09:38:15 AM »
Right, and the government is dealing with official numbers. You can't have it both ways

They are creating the official numbers.

Today Cuomo is "deciding " when he will re-close our shuls.

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2950 on: October 06, 2020, 10:30:03 AM »
They are creating the official numbers.

Today Cuomo is "deciding " when he will re-close our shuls.
Right, there is no corona around, you’re brilliant
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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2951 on: October 06, 2020, 10:36:16 AM »
50% from lakewood. Haven’t seen that. Please provide source.
https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2020/09/28/ocean-county-covid-19-spike-driving-nj-case-increase/3566475001/
This is from before the numbers got out of hand. Seriously, are you not aware of this? There are only 2 places in NJ having an outbreak- Lakewood and Deal. There is currently just about 0 corona elsewhere, though that’s going to change soon.
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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2952 on: October 06, 2020, 10:41:36 AM »
They are creating the official numbers.

Today Cuomo is "deciding " when he will re-close our shuls.
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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2953 on: October 06, 2020, 11:50:42 AM »
Just make sure the wind doesn't blow away your tin hat
I guess you vote Democrat. And I assume you daven in Young Israel.

And for all of you bashing the Chasidim and Chareidim, Lawrence is at 5.2%, much higher than Far Rockaway or Brooklyn. And they mask for the most part. Cuomo is reviewing if he should shut them down. That's why the news trucks were on Central this morning.

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2954 on: October 06, 2020, 12:07:58 PM »
I guess you vote Democrat. And I assume you daven in Young Israel.

And for all of you bashing the Chasidim and Chareidim, Lawrence is at 5.2%, much higher than Far Rockaway or Brooklyn. And they mask for the most part. Cuomo is reviewing if he should shut them down. That's why the news trucks were on Central this morning.
Again, “Democrat” is your greatest insult. “You must vote like me or you’re stupid”.

Hilarious.
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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2955 on: October 06, 2020, 03:09:59 PM »
I guess you vote Democrat. And I assume you daven in Young Israel.
I've never voted democrat (except for a local shul member politician) and i don't daven in a young israel. and i still think your analyses on this group have been severely flawed.

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2956 on: October 06, 2020, 03:18:14 PM »
I guess you vote Democrat. And I assume you daven in Young Israel.

Your ahavas yisroel is an inspiration.
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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2957 on: October 06, 2020, 03:35:47 PM »
I guess you vote Democrat. And I assume you daven in Young Israel.
Disgusting.

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Re: 5 Towns/Rockaway Master Thread
« Reply #2959 on: October 07, 2020, 04:39:04 PM »
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