Kosher Food

Kosher Eateries 

Note: Chabad does not endorse any of the eateries listed below. Please verify that the restaurant/eatery meets your Kosher standards.

Location: Boston Address: 50 Milk St. Boston, MA  Phone: (617) 542-3663 Food type: Milk, Meat, Pareve Cafe Hechsher:  Orthodox Rabbinical Council of Greater Boston, Rabbi Nochum Cywiak Note: Some items are not Pat Yisroel, or Chalav Yisroel. Only open M-F 7am-2:30pm		Location: Brookline Address: 428 Harvard St Brookline, MA  Phone: (617) 731-9888 Food type: Kosher Supermarket with takeout, Sandwiches & Sushi. Hechsher:  KVH Kosher -Rabbinical Council of New England . .		Location: Brookline Address: 402 Harvard St Brookline, MA  Phone: (617) 731-6585 Food type: Catering service with Shabbat takeout options Hechsher:  KVH Kosher -Rabbinical Council of New England. . .
		Location: Brookline Address: 423 Harvard St Brookline, MA  Phone: (617) 264-7274 Food type: Chinese Hechsher:  New England Kashruth Lemehadrin "Crown-K" Rabbi Aaron Hamaoui		Location: Brookline Address: 324 Harvard St Brookline, MA  Phone: (617) 738-3577 Food type: Shwarma and Falafel Hechsher:  KVH Kosher -Rabbinical Council of New England
Location: Brookline Address: 326 Harvard St Brookline, MA  Phone: (617) 487-8948 Food type: Pizza and Sushi Hechsher:  KVH Kosher -Rabbinical Council of New England		Location: Brookline Address: 8 Cypress St, Brookline, MA 02445 Phone: (617) 383-5884 Food type: Pizza and Indian food Hechsher:  KVH Kosher -Rabbinical Council of New England Note: ONLY this Veggie Crust location is Kosher.		Location: Brookline Address: 421 Harvard St Brookline, MA  Phone: (617) 566-9528 Food type: Bakery and Sandwich takeout Hechsher:  KVH Kosher -Rabbinical Council of New England Note: Many items are not Pat Yisroel, or Chalav Yisroel.

Kosher Symbols

The intricacies of modern day food technology make it virtually impossible for anyone but an expert in the field to know whether a processed food is free of any trace of non-kosher ingredients. So all processed foods and eating establishments require certification by a reliable rabbi or kashrut supervision agency.

Check the labels of packaged foods and the kashrut certificates of restaurants and hotels for a copyrighted kashrut symbol like those below.

Massachusets Kosher Symbols 

National and International Kosher Symbols 

Please note that while these three are the largest kosher certification agencies in the U.S., there are hundreds of other kosher certification agencies – with varying levels of reliability – and each with its own certification symbol. Speak to your rabbi to determine the reliability of a kosher symbol you may encounter.

Special Kosher Labels

Many kosher certifiers also specify details pertinent to the kosher status of the item being certified. Here are some key examples:

Kosher for Passover: A “P” often indicates that the item is kosher to be consumed on Passover, when no  chametz (grain which has risen) is allowed.

Meat, Dairy and Parve: Sometimes (but not always), the agency may indicate whether the food item is meat, dairy or  parve (neutral). This is important since the kosher laws preclude eating or serving dairy together with meat. A “DE” indicates that the item was processed on diary equipment but does not contain actual dairy ingredients.

Pat Yisrael and Chalav Yisrael: At times, the label may indicate whether or not the item is  pat Yisrael (baked by a Jew) and/or  chalav Yisrael (milk that has been produced under Jewish supervision).

Mevushal: There are certain laws that pertain to wine but are not applicable if the wine has been cooked. Cooked wine is often labeled as  mevushal.

Glatt: The word glatt actually means “smooth” in Yiddish, and refers to the lack of adhesions on the lungs of an animal. Read more about the meaning of glatt kosher