Gotlieb’s Jewish Restaurant
https://www.nyc.com/restaurants/gottlieb.60364/
The population of Jewish-American delis has been in a steady decline for nearly a century. There were more than 1,500 kosher delis in New York City in the 1930s. Today there are about two dozen.
One deli, opened by a Hungarian Holocaust survivor in a Hasidic enclave of Brooklyn in 1962, has defied this trend.
Their roots grew deep into the local soil, perhaps because of the management’s adherence to a particularly strict set of Judaic dietary standards.
Gottlieb’s Restaurant is today one of only a handful of Glatt kosher delis left in the country.
Beyond the hundreds of rules outlining kosher eating, the restrictions of a Glatt kosher diet call for the lungs of slaughtered animals to be free of defects as well as for a supervisor called a mashgiach to be present at all times.
You won’t find Reubens with Swiss cheese here as meat and milk should not be consumed together. By obeying these rigid principles, the restaurant has made itself an integral part of the Williamsburg’s Orthodox community.
For the true traveler interested in traditional Jewish cooking amongst Orthodox Jewish men and women, this is the place to visit and soak in all the information you can.
Very little has changed about the 50-seat eatery since it opened in the 1960s. “We have microwaves now,” Menashe Gottlieb, grandson of founder Zoltan Gottleib, told the Village Voice, “but we never use them.”
Aside from the addition of chicken lo mein, the menu has largely stayed the same, as well. The mostly Hasidic clientele gathers here for Eastern European mainstays, ranging from kugels to goulash to stuffed cabbage, and, of course, matzo ball soup. Diners can also opt for pastrami knish or Hungarian delights such as cherry soup.
While the Brooklyn around it warps and distends, Gottlieb’s is a familiar time capsule in the ancestral memory of Hasidic Williamsburg.
Their website is still a work in progress. The present management should find a young man around who produces web pages and extend their website (which right now is ONE page.)
They should display and publish their menu as a PDF download so everyone can copy it for times when they want to call in and have delivery, or call for a reserved table.
There is no mention of delivery on the present site page but we could all encourage them to make deliveries too.
So Now, Here Are the Details.
Gottlibe’s Restaurant
4.6 out of 5 possible stars! Customers love them.
1,044 Google reviews
$20–30 Kosher restaurant but expect that to change with the gyrations of the national economy.
This Traditional Hungarian kosher deli with basic seating, offers hefty sandwiches plus Hungarian & Jewish comfort fare. It should be basic seating. That’s part of the pleasure of your visit. you’re stepping into the 1920’s here and the experience is wonderful.
Gottlieb’s Restaurant Address:
352 Roebling St #6240, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Hours: Flexible in Summer. Look at their website, see what they’re showing. The site is a work in progress.
Phone: +1 718-384-6612 Give them a call, drive over and drop in!
Menu: gottliebsrestaurant.com (coming soon.)
Price per person: $20 – $30 as of August 2024. This may change as the US economy changes.
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Food with a history stretching back more than 100 years. This provides flavors and memories you simply cannot buy in the average American restaurant. You really should Give them a call, drive over and drop in!
+1 718-384-6612
https://www.nyc.com/restaurants/gottlieb.60364/
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