2008-09 Philadelphia Area Kosher Community Survey - Final Survey Report

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2008-2009 Philadelphia Area

Kosher Community Survey
Final Report
May 3, 2009
Kosher Community Surveys LLC

www.kosher-community-surveys.com
Table of Contents
Best of Kosher Philadelphia..............................2

The 2008-2009 Philadelphia Area Kosher Community
Partners in Customer Feedback .......................4 Survey (KCS) received an excellent reception from the
community with a response rate of over 350
Complete Survey Results ................................5 participants – an impressive improvement over last
year’s inaugural survey! The KCS feedback process
Kosher Quality Scores .....................................20 has clearly taken hold in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Kosher Directory...........................22 There were some notable establishment closings

since our last Philadelphia survey such as Yi-Tzi
Restaurants .............................................22 Peking, Weiss Bakery, and Klapholtz Deli (now a
Bakeries...................................................25 catering service). The current economy will put
Caterers ...................................................28 pressure on other kosher establishments – the best
Stores/Butchers .......................................31 response by these organizations will be to address
Kosher Supervision Organizations ..........33 their customers’ needs.
Kosher Blogs & Web Sites ......................35
This year, ask establishments whether they have read
End Notes .........................................................36 their ratings and how they plan to improve their
customer service this year!
© 2009 Kosher Community Surveys LLC
All rights reserved.
Kosher Community Surveys and its logo are trademarks Good Noshing,
of Kosher Community Surveys LLC. Neil Rosenbaum
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2008-2009 Philadelphia Area Kosher Community Survey
Overall Winners
Best Kosher Restaurant: Max and David’s International

Restaurant
Best Of Kosher Philadelphia Best Kosher Restaurant Singapore Vegetarian Kosher
Runner-Up: Restaurant
Notes on Ratings * * *
In order to qualify for winning recognition, an establishment
Best Kosher Store/Butcher: ShopRite of the Garden State
must have received at least 80 evaluations. For the category
Pavilion
winners, the top establishments were determined by adding
together the percentage of customers who ranked the Best Kosher Store/Butcher Simon’s Butcher
establishment “very good” or “excellent” in each category. For Runner-Up:
the overall winners, the very good and excellent percentages
of all the categories were totaled together. There are no awards for bakeries this year because there were
an insufficient number of establishments that received the
There are multiple kosher supervision agencies in the minimum number of surveys.
Philadelphia area; use the kosher directory portion of this
report to see which organization supervises each
establishment.
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Stores/Butchers Restaurants
Winners Winners
Service Quality Simon’s Butcher Food Quality Mama`s Vegetarian Restaurant

Environment Genuardi's (Wynnewood) Max and David’s International
(Décor/Appearance/Cleanliness) Restaurant
Selection ShopRite on the Garden Service Quality Max and David’s International
State Pavilion Restaurant
Quality of Fresh & Prepared Simon’s Butcher Environment Max and David’s International
Foods (Décor/Appearance/ Restaurant
Price ShopRite on the Garden Cleanliness)
State Pavilion Value Mama`s Vegetarian Restaurant
Simon’s Butcher
Runner-ups Runner-ups
Service Quality R&R Produce & Fish Food Quality Espresso Cafe & Sushi Bar
ShopRite of the Garden Service Quality Singapore Vegetarian Kosher
State Pavilion Restaurant
Environment ShopRite on the Garden Environment Lin’s Kosher Chinese Kitchen
(Décor/Appearance/Cleanliness) State Pavilion (Décor/Appearance/
Selection ShopRite on the Boulevard Cleanliness)
Quality of Fresh & Prepared ShopRite on the Garden Value Singapore Vegetarian Kosher
Foods State Pavilion Restaurant
Price ShopRite on the Boulevard
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Partners in Customer Feedback
Kosher Community Surveys started a new initiative

this year, called the Partners in Customer Feedback
Program (PICF), where kosher establishments can Kosher Community Surveys is pleased to award
demonstrate their commitment to customer feedback. 2008-2009 PICF recognition to the following
establishments:
The following text describes the general requirements
for each of the three levels of recognition: ! Gold !
Max & David’s
Bronze: Indicates a general interest in obtaining
feedback from customers. Silver
ShopRite
Silver: Posts a flyer for 2 weeks in the establishment
regarding the KCS kosher survey (or equivalent
activity). The other establishments in the area did not respond to
Kosher Community Surveys LLC about the PICF program.
Gold: Includes an announcement about the KCS
kosher survey in a customer e-mail or hard copy
newsletter/mailed flyer (or equivalent activity).
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ACME (Narberth)
Poor Fair Good V.Good Excellent
Service quality 1% 6% 22% 39% 32%
Environment 2% 7% 26% 37% 27%

(Cleanliness/layout)
Selection of
1% 4% 23% 44% 28%
merchandise
Complete Survey Results:
Quality of fresh &
Stores/Butchers prepared foods
2% 4% 18% 40% 33%
Price 4% 11% 39% 33% 12%
Number of respondents for this establishment: 171
Summary of Comments:
There were not a sufficient number of written comments to
create a full summary. The comments that were provided
focused on the small size of the store and the congestion of
the aisles.
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Genuardi's (Wynnewood) Genuardi's (Rockledge)
Poor Fair Good V.Good Excellent Poor Fair Good V.Good Excellent
Service quality 3% 2% 14% 49% 30% Service quality 4% 5% 15% 43% 31%
Environment 0% 4% 5% 45% 46% Environment 1% 3% 13% 49% 34%

(Cleanliness/layout) (Cleanliness/layout)
Selection of Selection of
0% 7% 23% 51% 19% 3% 18% 31% 36% 11%
merchandise merchandise
Quality of fresh & Quality of fresh &

2% 3% 20% 46% 27% 2% 9% 20% 44% 20%
prepared foods prepared foods
Price 10% 22% 37% 24% 7% Price 9% 12% 30% 37% 11%
Number of respondents for this establishment: 135 Number of respondents for this establishment: 128
Summary of Comments: Summary of Comments:

There were not a sufficient number of written comments to There were not a sufficient number of written comments to
create a full summary. The comments that were provided create a full summary. The comments that were provided
focused on the large kosher area, the store’s cleanliness, and focused on an insufficient product selection, good service, and
frustration at the constant rearrangement of items. recognition of the nice refurbishment of the store.
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Itzik’s Glatt Kosher Meats & Deli Main Lain Kosher Meats
6% 18% 49% 22% 5% 6% 11% 17% 30% 36%

1% 6% 22% 33% 30% 10% 6% 17% 21% 44%
Price 2% 13% 39% 31% 15% Price 12% 23% 29% 23% 14%

create a full summary. create a full summary. The comments that were provided
focused on high meat prices and the dirtiness of the store.
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R&R Produce & Fish ShopRite on the Boulevard

1% 13% 34% 22% 29% 2% 4% 13% 43% 39%

2% 5% 21% 26% 39% 3% 7% 18% 44% 21%
Price 5% 25% 29% 27% 15% Price 3% 7% 27% 41% 21%

focused on friendly and good quality customer service, focused on expensive prices, an impressive Passover
especially with specific reference to Ruth and Robbie. selection, difficulty in finding merchandise, and a request for
more variety of foods.
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ShopRite of the Garden State Pavilion Simon’s Butcher

1% 1% 11% 30% 59% 2% 0% 23% 29% 46%

1% 2% 7% 41% 41% 0% 2% 6% 29% 58%
Price 2% 6% 18% 44% 29% Price 1% 2% 22% 43% 31%

create a full summary. The comments that were provided create a full summary.
focused on the high quality of service and deli meat, high
prices for the meat, and the need to improve prepared foods.
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Other Establishments
The following restaurants did not receive the minimum number
of respondents to have their scores listed:
• Main Line Kosher Meats

• Bustleton Kosher Meat Market
• Glendale Kosher Meats & Poultry
• Cherry Hill Kosher
• McCaffrey’s Supermarket (Yardley)
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Cafe Shira
Food quality 11% 14% 30% 30% 14%

Environment
(cleanliness/ 8% 18% 38% 23% 13%
appearance/décor)
Value 23% 17% 38% 16% 5%

Full Survey Results: Restaurants
create a full summary. The comments that were provided
focused on areas for improvement, including customer service,
reducing noisiness, consistency of dishes, and having menu
items available.
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Espresso Cafe & Sushi Bar Holy Land Grill
Food quality 1% 6% 12% 37% 44% Food quality 7% 7% 37% 40% 8%
Environment Environment
(cleanliness/ 4% 4% 32% 33% 28% (Cleanliness/ 20% 31% 33% 14% 3%
appearance/décor) appearance/décor)
Value 1% 9% 27% 41% 22% Value 9% 20% 36% 27% 8%

focused on the consistent quality of the food and the need for focused on the need for more cleaning and the need for better
much better service. customer service.
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Holy Land Pizza Lin’s Kosher Chinese Kitchen
(Cleanliness/ 16% 22% 35% 26% 2% (Cleanliness/ 0% 9% 19% 39% 34%
Value 2% 21% 40% 29% 8% Value 0% 9% 23% 44% 23%

create a full summary. create a full summary.
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Maccabeam Mama`s Vegetarian Restaurant
(cleanliness/ 6% 29% 35% 25% 5% (cleanliness/ 0% 9% 33% 29% 30%
Value 4% 12% 29% 39% 16% Value 0% 4% 10% 31% 55%

There were not a sufficient number of written comments to Comments for Mama’s Vegetarian Restaurant’s reflected the
create a full summary. The comments that were provided consensus that this establishment has maintained its excellent
focused on the fact that there were new owners, and a mix of falafel. Customers appreciated the good value received when
other comments. purchasing food here. On the negative side, the small physical
space was not so conducive to comfortable eat-in dining.
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Max and David’s International Restaurant Shalom Pizza
(cleanliness/ 0% 1% 2% 13% 84% (Cleanliness/ 11% 38% 26% 17% 9%
Value 5% 7% 15% 32% 42% Value 5% 18% 37% 30% 10%

This is Max and David’s first year in the kosher survey There were not a sufficient number of written comments to
process. When it came to written comments, the adjective create a full summary. The comments focused on good tasting
“best” was mentioned repeatedly. Customers noted the pizza, described as more expensive than in other pizza places.
attractive atmosphere and décor. People appreciated a nice
sit-down option in the community, and a number of customers
were impressed that the quality of the restaurant was on par
with fine non-kosher restaurants. On the needs improvement
side, customers would like to see more vegetarian options as
well as an option to make reservations when a party is less
than six people.
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Singapore Vegetarian Kosher Restaurant Other Establishments
The following establishments on this year’s survey did not
receive the minimum number of respondents to have their
scores listed:
Food quality 0% 2% 18% 32% 47%
Service quality 0% 1% 15% 31% 52% • Kingdom of Vegetarians

• Harmony Chinese Vegetarian Restaurant
Environment • Mama’s Grill on South Street
(cleanliness/ 0% 1% 25% 46% 28% • Leo's Deli (Cherry Hill JCC)
appearance/décor) • Maoz Vegetarian
• Samosa
Value 1% 1% 22% 35% 42% • Perlin’s Kosher Vegetarian
• Hamifgash
Kosher Community Surveys will attempt to work with these
Summary of Comments: establishments next year to better ensure that their customers’
There were not a sufficient number of written comments to feedback is included in the final report.
create a summary.
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New York Bagels
Food quality 0% 1% 10% 30% 59%
Selection 0% 3% 18% 39% 40%
Environment
Full Survey Results: Bakeries (cleanliness/ 1% 11% 38% 36% 15%
appearance/décor)
Value
(relationship between 2% 8% 19% 39% 33%
quality and price)
create a full summary.
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Lipkin & Sons Bakery Main Line Cakes (formerly Bestcake
Bakery)
Food quality 2% 0% 10% 41% 48%
Food quality 8% 12% 12% 50% 18%
Selection 0% 3% 10% 41% 46%
Selection 4% 8% 45% 29% 14%
Environment
(cleanliness/ 0% 26% 28% 33% 14%
appearance/décor)
Environment
(cleanliness/ 4% 14% 43% 28% 12%
appearance/décor)
Value
quality and price) Value
quality and price)
There were not a sufficient number of written comments to Summary of Comments:
create a full summary. Most of the comments that were There were not a sufficient number of written comments to
provided lauded the quality of the challah. create a full summary.
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Roling's Bakery Other Establishments
The following establishments did not receive the minimum
number of respondents to have their scores listed:
Food quality 1% 0% 13% 33% 53%
• Bagel Spot, The (Cherry Hill)
Service quality 2% 1% 21% 28% 48% • Classic Cake
• Eiselen's Pastry Shoppe
Selection 2% 6% 26% 31% 35% • Hesh's Eclair Bake Shoppe
• Homemade Goodies by Roz
Environment • Hutchinson's Classic Bakery
(cleanliness/ 2% 6% 30% 33% 30% • Irene's Gourmet Store
appearance/décor) • Kaplan's New Model Bakery
• Nate's Bagels
Value • Viking Bakery
quality and price)
Kosher Community Surveys will attempt to work with these
Number of respondents for this establishment: 183 establishments next year to increase the chances that their
customers’ feedback is included in the final report.
create a full summary. Most of the comments that were
provided mention the good quality of the challah and the
bagels.
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Restaurants
Food Service Environment Value

Café Shira 44 18 36 21
Espresso Café 81 60 61 63
Holy Land Grill 48 31 17 35
Holy Land Pizza 45 43 28 37
Kosher Quality Scores Lin’s Kosher
78 76 73 67
Chinese Kitchen
Maccabeam 65 50 30 55
Mama’s
“Kosher Quality Scores” are based on adding the Very Good 92 80 59 86
Vegetarian
and Excellent percentages in each of the rated categories
Max and
(e.g., Quality of Food). A number in bold indicates the highest 94 94 97 74
David’s
score for that category (e.g., service quality).
Shalom Pizza 53 44 26 41
For the full picture on any establishment, see the full statistics Singapore
79 83 74 77
starting on page 6 of this report. Vegetarian
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Stores Bakeries
Environ- Selec- Environ

Service ment Selection Quality Price Food Service tion -ment Price
ACME 71 64 72 73 45 New York
89 77 79 51 72
Genuardi’s Bagels
79 91 70 73 31 Roling’s Bakery 86 76 66 63 71
(Wynnewood)
Genuardi’s Lipkin & Sons 89 75 87 47 85
74 83 47 64 48
(Rockledge) Bestcake
Itzik’s Glatt 68 62 43 40 42
78 51 27 63 46 Bakery
Kosher
Main Line
59 43 66 65 37
Kosher Meats
R&R Produce &
87 46 51 65 42
Fish
Shoprite on the
62 66 82 65 62
Boulevard
Shoprite of the
Garden State 86 86 89 82 73
Pavilion
Simon’s
92 37 75 87 74
Butcher
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Restaurants
Cafe Shira
134 Bala Avenue
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
610-664-5570
www.cafeshira.com
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater
Philadelphia
Espresso Café & Sushi Bar

7814 Castor Avenue
Philadelphia Kosher Directory
Philadelphia, PA 19152
215-745-0130
Philadelphia
Falk Dining Room (Penn Kosher Dining)

Steinhardt Hall, 215 South 39th Street
215-573-7596
Philadelphia
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Holy Land Grill Leo's Deli
7628 Castor Avenue Jewish Community Center
Philadelphia, PA 19152 1301 Springdale Road
215-725-7000 Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
www.holylandgrill.com 856-424-4444 Ext. 158
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater Supervision: Tri-County Vaad Hakashruth
Philadelphia
Lin Glatt Kosher Chinese Restaurant
Holy Land Pizza Garden State Pavilions (ShopRite Plaza)
8010 Castor Avenue 2230 RT 70 W
Philadelphia, PA 19152 Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
215-725-7444 856-488-3555
www.holylandpizza.com www.kosher88.com
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater Supervision: OK/Tri-County Vaad Hakashruth
Philadelphia
Maccabeam Restaurant
Kingdom of Vegetarians Restaurant 128 South 12th Street
129 North 11th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107
Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-922-5922
215-413-2290 Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater
Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly Philadelphia
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Mama’s Grill Restaurant Max and David's International Kosher Restaurant
630 South Street 8120 Old York Road, 150 Yorktown Plaza
Philadelphia, PA 19147 Elkins Park, PA 19027
215-922-6300 215-885-2400
Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision www.maxanddavids.com
Mama's Vegetarian Restaurant Philadelphia
18 South 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103 New Samosa Multicultural Vegetarian
215-751-0477 1214 Walnut Street
www.mamasvegetarian.com Philadelphia, PA 19107
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater 215-546-2009
Philadelphia Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision
Maoz Vegetarian Restaurant New Harmony Vegetarian

248 South Street 135 North 9th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147 Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-625-3500 215-627-4520
Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly
Perlin’s Vegetarian
Plaza 38, 2442 Route 38
Cherry Hill, NJ, 08002
856-755-1116
Supervision: Tri-County Vaad
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Shalom Pizza Bakeries
7598 Haverford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19151 Acme (Narberth)
215-878-1500 829 Montgomery Avenue
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater Narberth, PA 19072
Philadelphia 610-668-1738
Supervision: OU
Singapore Kosher Vegetarian
1006 Race Street Anne's Cake Pan
Philadelphia, PA 19107 815 Horsham Road
215-922-3288 Horsham, PA 19044
Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly 215-675-7491
Supervision: Rabbi Joshua Toledano
Taj India Authentic Vegetarian Cuisine
10863 Bustleton Avenue Bagel Spot, The
Philadelphia, PA 19116 600 N. Kings Highway
215-677-4400 Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision 856-755-9330
Supervision: Tri-County Vaad HaKashruth
Uduppi Dosa House
Center Plaza
Bensalem, PA 19020
215-638-4008
www.uduppidosa.com
Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision
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Bestcake Bakery/Mainline Cakes Cookies By Design
7594 Haverford Avenue 56 East Uwchlan Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19151 Exton, PA 19341
215-878-1127 610-594-0122
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly
Philadelphia
Eiselen's Pastry Shoppe
Buy the Dozen 7130 Ridge Avenue
219 Haverford Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19128
Narberth, PA 19072 215-482-3111
610-667-9440 Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly
Supervision: Rabbi Joshua Toledano
Giant Food Stores, Inc., In-store Bakery
Classic Cake Bakery 1760 Dekalb Pike
Short Hills Towne Center Blue Bell, PA 19422
480 Evesham Road 610-239-7802
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly
856 751-5448
Giant Food Stores, Inc., In-store Bakery
100 Hurffville-Cross Keys Rd. 314 Horsham Road
Sewell, NJ 08080 Horsham, PA 19044
856 262-7400 215-682-7424
Supervision: Tri-County Vaad HaKashruth Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision
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Giant Food Stores, Inc., In-store Bakery Hutchinson's Classic Bakery
2nd Street Pike & Knowler Avenue 1619 Grant Avenue, Grant Plaza Two
Southampton, PA 18966 Philadelphia, PA 19115
215-357-5324 215-676-8612
Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision
Giant Food Stores, Inc., In-store Bakery Irene's Bakery & Gourmet Store
700 Stony Hill Road 10085 Sandmeyer Lane
Yardley, PA 19067 Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-493-3540 215-969-0535
Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision
Giant Food Stores, Inc., In-Store Bakery Kaplan's New Model Bakery
720-D West Street Road 901 North 3rd Street
Warminster, PA 18974 Philadelphia, PA 19123
215-674-4652 215-627-5288
Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision Supervision: unknown
Hesh's Éclair Bake Shoppe Lipkin and Sons Bakery

7721 Castor Avenue 8013 Castor Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19152 Philadelphia, PA 19152
215-728-9331 215-342-3005
Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly Supervision: Aitz Chaim Synagogue Center
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Nate's Bagels Viking Bakery
1619 Grant Avenue 39 Cricket Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19115 Ardmore, PA 19003
215-676-3772 610-642-9227
Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision Supervision: unknown
New York Bagels Caterers

7555 Haverford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19151 Barclay Caterers, Inc.
215-878-8080 10960 Dutton Road
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater Philadelphia, PA 19154
Philadelphia 215-612-2837
Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly
Roling's Bakery
7848 Montgomery Avenue Betty the Caterer
Elkins Park, PA 19027 7037 North Broad Street
215-635-5524 Philadelphia, PA 19152
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater 215-224-8400
Philadelphia www.BettyTheCaterer.Com
Supervision: Mekor Baruch Orthodox Kosher
U-Take the Cake Supervision
Pike Plaza, 447 Second Street
Southampton, PA 18966
215-953-7580
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CBS Gourmet Catering Food Designs- Food and Flowers
Beth Solomon Suburban of Somerton 921 East Chelten Avenue
198 Tomlinson Road Philadelphia, PA 19138
Supervision: unknown
Foodarama
Celebrations Caterers, Inc. 4510 Adams Circle
2201 Galloway Road Bensalem, PA 19020
Bensalem, PA 19020 215-633-7100
215-244-4400 www.foodarama.com
Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision Supervision: Ko Kosher Supervision
Centre Catering Holy Land Catering

Offices at Germantown Jewish Centre 7630 Castor Avenue
400 West Ellet Street Philadelphia, PA 19152
215-844-1507 x25 Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater
Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly Philadelphia
Essence Catering
267-918-0288 or 610-613-8103
Philadelphia
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Klapholz's Kosher Delicatessen Noah's Kitchen at Frog Commissary
7715 Montgomery Ave. 435 Fairmount Avenue
Elkins Park, PA Philadelphia, PA 19123
215-886-8600 215-923-6700 or 215-923-6500
www.klapholz.com www.frogcommissary.com
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater Supervision: Mekor Baruch Orthodox Kosher
Philadelphia Supervision
Max and David's International Kosher Restaurant Our Kosher Kitchen

8120 Old York Road, 150 Yorktown Plaza 213 Ford Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
215-885-2400 610-660-0580
www.maxanddavids.com Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly
Philadelphia Peachtree Kosher Catering
363 York Road
My Caterer Willow Grove, PA 19090
Offices in the Holiday Inn 215-657-7261
Bensalem, PA 19020 www.peachtreecatering.com
www.mycatererinc.com
Supervision: Mekor Baruch Orthodox Kosher Rothschild Kosher Catering
Ardmore, PA
800-310-6454
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Shalom Catering Zev's Salads and Catering
368 Montgomery Avenue 610-649-5611
Merion Station, PA 19066 Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater
610-668-2120 Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Shalom Pizza Catering

7578A Haverford Avenue Stores/Butchers
215-878-1500 Acme (Narberth)
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater 829 Montgomery Avenue
Philadelphia Narberth, PA 19072
610-668-1738
Signature Catering Supervision: OU
856-755-1277
Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater Cherry Hill Kosher Market
Philadelphia 907 W. Marlton Pike
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
The Catering Group 856-428-6663
P.O. Box 14 Supervision: Tri-County Vaad
Wynnewood, PA 19096
215-483-5557 or 215-225-1300
Supervision: Rabbinical Assembly
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Glendale Kosher Meats and Poultry Main Line Kosher Meats
9305 Banes Street 919 Montgomery Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19115 Narberth, PA 19072
215-969-6599 610-660-9696
Supervision: Rabbi Yitzchok Leizerowski www.mainlinekoshermeats.com
Supervision: Mekor Baruch
Genuardi's (Wynnewood)
50 East Wynnewood Road McCaffrey`s Supermarket
Wynnewood, PA 19096 635 Heacock Rd
610-642-5206 Yardley, PA 19067
Supervision: OK - Rabbi Don Yoel Levy 215-493-9616
Supervision: OK - Rabbi Don Yoel Levy
Genuardi's (Rockledge)
Huntingdon Valley Shopping Center R & R Produce & Fish
737 Huntingdon Pike 7551 Haverford Ave.,
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Philadelphia, PA 19151
215-379-6900 215-878-6264
Supervision: OK - Rabbi Don Yoel Levy Supervision: Community Kashrus of Greater
Philadelphia
Itzik's Meats and Deli
7614 Castor Avenue
215-722-4400
Philadelphia
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Simon's Kosher Meats and Poultry
6926 Bustleton Avenue Other
215-624-5695 Trader Joe's
Supervision: Rabbi Yitzchok M. Leizerowsk 112 Coulter Ave
Ardmore, PA 19003
ShopRite on the Boulevard 610-658-0645
11000 Roosevelt Boulevard Sells a wide range of pre-packaged kosher products.
Philadelphia, PA 19115;
215-673-1200
Kosher Supervision Organizations
Philadelphia
Community Kashrus of Greater Philadelphia
(formerly the Keystone K)
ShopRite at the Garden State Pavilion
7505 Brookhaven Road
2240-18 Route 70 West
Cherry Hill, NJ
215-871-5000
856-910-2300
Supervision: Tri-County Va'ad Hakashruth
Ko Kosher Service
1504 Von Steuben Drive
West Chester, PA 19380
610-696-0408
Kosher@ko.org
www.Ko-Kosher-Service.org
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Mekor Baruch Orthodox Kosher Supervision Tri-County Vaad Hakashrut
215-782-8885 720 Cooper Landing Road
toledano1836@msn.com Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Rabbi Joshua Toledano 856-667-9700
Rabbinic Kashrus Administrator: Rabbi Bernard
Organized Kashrus Laboratories (OK) Rothman
391 Troy Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213 Kosher Technical Konsultants
718-756-7500 7614 Dorcas Street
Rabbinic Administrator: Rabbi Don Yoel Levy Philadelphia, PA 19111-3324
215-745-3773
Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative)
c/o Tiferet Bet Israel
1920 Skippack Pike
Blue Bell, PA 19422
610-275-8797
RabbiDavid@TBIBlueBell.org
Rabbi Yitzchok Leizerowski

1513 Ripley St.
215-342-7414
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Web Sites
Relating to Kosher Food
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The Kosher Blog

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The Kosher Blog is a major compendium of recipes, product
and restaurant reviews, industry gossip, and miscellaneous
information about real kosher-living “issues that simply can’t be
found elsewhere” on the Internet.
Kashrut.com
www.kashrut.com
This site has a variety of kosher-related resources, including
kosher food alerts, kosher travel, articles about kosher food
processing.
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End Notes
Kosher Community Surveys LLC welcomes your

comments/suggestions to improve the survey for next year.
Contact us at philadelphia@kosher-community-surveys.com.
The information reflected in this report is intended to be as

accurate as possible as of the date of this publication;
however, information can change over time. It is
recommended that you call an establishment directly or the
appropriate kosher supervision authority for the most up-to-
date information.
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2008-09 Philadelphia Area Kosher Community Survey - Final Survey Report

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2008-2009 Philadelphia Area

Kosher Community Surveys LLC

Best of Kosher Philadelphia..............................2

Philadelphia Kosher Directory...........................22 There were some notable establishment closings

Best Kosher Restaurant: Max and David’s International

Service Quality Simon’s Butcher Food Quality Mama`s Vegetarian Restaurant

Kosher Community Surveys started a new initiative

Poor Fair Good V.Good Excellent

Service quality 1% 6% 22% 39% 32%

Environment 2% 7% 26% 37% 27%

Price 4% 11% 39% 33% 12%

Number of respondents for this establishment: 171

Environment 0% 4% 5% 45% 46% Environment 1% 3% 13% 49% 34%

Quality of fresh & Quality of fresh &

Summary of Comments: Summary of Comments:

Quality of fresh & Quality of fresh &

Summary of Comments: Summary of Comments:

Environment 5% 17% 32% 19% 27% Environment 3% 8% 23% 46% 20%

Quality of fresh & Quality of fresh &

Price 5% 25% 29% 27% 15% Price 3% 7% 27% 41% 21%

Summary of Comments: Summary of Comments:

Service quality 1% 0% 12% 38% 48% Service quality 0% 1% 6% 19% 73%

Environment 1% 1% 12% 32% 54% Environment 12% 13% 35% 29% 8%

Quality of fresh & Quality of fresh &

Price 2% 6% 18% 44% 29% Price 1% 2% 22% 43% 31%

Summary of Comments: Summary of Comments:

• Main Line Kosher Meats

Poor Fair Good V.Good Excellent

Food quality 11% 14% 30% 30% 14%

Service quality 32% 28% 22% 11% 7%

Value 23% 17% 38% 16% 5%

Number of respondents for this establishment: 112

Food quality 1% 6% 12% 37% 44% Food quality 7% 7% 37% 40% 8%

Value 1% 9% 27% 41% 22% Value 9% 20% 36% 27% 8%

Summary of Comments: Summary of Comments:

Value 2% 21% 40% 29% 8% Value 0% 9% 23% 44% 23%

Summary of Comments: Summary of Comments:

Food quality 4% 5% 25% 45% 20% Food quality 0% 1% 8% 19% 73%

Value 4% 12% 29% 39% 16% Value 0% 4% 10% 31% 55%

Summary of Comments: Summary of Comments:

Food quality 1% 1% 4% 16% 78% Food quality 5% 9% 35% 37% 15%

Value 5% 7% 15% 32% 42% Value 5% 18% 37% 30% 10%

Summary of Comments: Summary of Comments:

Service quality 0% 1% 15% 31% 52% • Kingdom of Vegetarians

Poor Fair Good V.Good Excellent

Food quality 0% 1% 10% 30% 59%

Service quality 2% 4% 18% 38% 39%

Selection 0% 3% 18% 39% 40%

Number of respondents for this establishment: 106

Food Service Environment Value

Environ- Selec- Environ

Espresso Café & Sushi Bar

Falk Dining Room (Penn Kosher Dining)

Maoz Vegetarian Restaurant New Harmony Vegetarian

Hesh's Éclair Bake Shoppe Lipkin and Sons Bakery

New York Bagels Caterers

Centre Catering Holy Land Catering

Max and David's International Kosher Restaurant Our Kosher Kitchen

Shalom Pizza Catering

Rabbi Yitzchok Leizerowski

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