Posted by Menachem Lubinsky on October 27, 2010 under Kosher Restaurants | 
Brooklyn, NY…Elan Kornblum, affectionately known as “The Restaurant Guy” is credited with raising the profile of kosher restaurants throughout the world. His Great Kosher Restaurants Magazine ( www.GreatKosherRestaurants.com) features some of the world’s leading kosher restaurants. His website and newsletter regularly track events and promotions at some of these leading restaurants. Now Elan has added a VIP Platinum VISA Rewards credit card to offer clients rewards while dining kosher. The card has no annual fee, offers low introductory annual percentage rate on purchases, and allows customers to earn bonus points for free airline tickets, merchandise, cash-back and more at participating merchants. Elan intends to offer many special promotions with the use of the card and promises to continue to make kosher dining “a rewarding experience.”
Posted by Menachem Lubinsky on May 28, 2010 under Kosher Restaurants |
New York…Kosher Today staff reporters…A London businessman who travels frequently to the Big Apple has learned to check a number of key Web sites that cover the kosher restaurant scene prior to leaving the UK. While he has many options, a favorite is www.GreatKosherRestaurants.com, which offers him special discounts as well as the latest updates. In fact, the traveler has of late made reservations on the site. The kosher restaurant Web site is the brainchild of Elan Kornblum, known as “The Restaurant Guy,” who is the president and publisher of the Great Kosher Restaurants Magazine. Another site that also sends e-mails on the latest updates is Koshertopia. The e-mails report on new openings, closures, and even changes of kosher certification. Another world-wide data base of restaurants, popular with many travelers is Shamash.org. These are but a few of nearly a dozen websites and blogs that cover the kosher restaurant scene throughout the country. Kosher restaurant sources say that while the kosher restaurants appear to have weathered the “worst” during the current recession, “they are by no means out of the woods.” The sources say that while many kosher restaurants continue to close in such major cities as New York, Miami and Los Angeles, they seem to be offset by new openings. One kosher restaurateur pointed out that a kosher restaurant always operates “on thin ice” since they are not open on weekends, a traditional profit center for non-kosher restaurants. Some restaurants have banked on a theme that can appeal to a “crossover” audience. It is these constant changes that have made such sites as Great Kosher Restaurants so popular.
