Dunkin’ Donuts Corporation forcing stores to go treyf
According to the Washington Jewish Week, at least three Washington area Dunkin’ Donuts stores will be forced into selling non-kosher products by spring, due to the parent corporation’s continually expanding menu options.
Technically, the edict from corporate brass stated that franchiser Jim Willard could “no longer make menu modifications.” As such, he must serve the sausage, bacon, and other treyfa delights currently absent from his stores.
Naturally, this should raise the wider community’s collective hackles — will the kosher Dunkin’ eateries in other Jewish locales be next? It’s time to act — contact Dunkin’ Brands, Inc. with your dismay:
Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.
E-mail: customerservice@dunkinbrands.com
Phone: 800-859-5339
Fax: 781-737-4000
Mail: 130 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021
Of course, this might be the perfect opportunity for enterprising entreprenuers to open kosher Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf franchises across the east coast. Boy, do I miss that place.
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DC Area Kosher Survey results
Results were recently published for the 2005 Washington DC Area Kosher Community Survey, which gauged opinion on restaurants, stores, and local kashrut supervision. It’s encouraging to see grassroots efforts that empower the kosher consumer and build communication between individuals and businesses.
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Cafe 921 review at KosherCritic
The latest review from the fine folks at KosherCritic: Pikesville, MD’s Cafe 921…
Cafe 921 can definitely be considered a superior dining experience. Located in a renovated movie theater similar to the Senator Theater in Baltimore, the Pikes at Cafe 921 offers a quality meal without pressuring your budget. You might go just to grab a bite, but before you know it, the enticing smells will force you to add a few more items to your plate.
Full Review
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Eli’s, Washington, DC
KosherCritic, a brand-spanking-new blog whose mission it is to review all of Maryland and DC’s kosher restaurants, has just posted a review of Eli’s, DC’s newest restaurant. From their intro:
Harris, Josh and Adam, a friend, ate at Eli’s, the new restaurant which just recently opened up in Dupont Circle. The restaurant was started by Sina Soumekhian, the owner of Sienna’s in Rockville (look for a review of this restaurant soon!). With the exception of the DC JCC, Eli’s is now the only kosher cuisine available in Washington, D.C., as Stacks, the restaurant formerly owned by high-powered lobbyist Jack Abramoff closed its doors a while back.
Restaurants are rated on scale of 1 to 10 “hamburgers” in the following categories: Food Quality, Service Quality, Atmosphere, Cleanliness, Price.
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DC to have a kosher deli once again
Rockville, MD restaurateur Sina Soumekhian will inaugurate a new kosher deli in Washington, DC’s Dupont Circle neighborhood by the end of the month, according to the Washington Jewish Week. “Eli’s,” named after Soumekhian’s son, will be located at 1253 20th St. N.W., offering “hamburgers, grilled chicken breasts and dinner entrees like New York strip steak, fish and linguine” as well as traditional deli sandwiches.
From the sound of the article, Soumekhian seems like a bona-fide entrepreneur with legitimate experience in food service.
Though the cafe at Washington’s Jewish Community Center serves kosher food, DC has been without a proper kosher deli since the closing of Stacks last spring.
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