Basil Pizza & Wine Bar
Basil Pizza & Wine Bar is a restaurant in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
Basil is credited with "ushering in the new era of fine kosher dining in the neighborhood, " so that by 2017 The Jewish Week described Crown Heights as "an eating destination."[1] The menu features a range of vegetarian and fish dishes, in addition to pizza baked in a wood-fired oven.[2][3]
Frank Bruni of the New York Times describes Basil, which opened in 2010 on the West Indian side of a neighborhood with a mixed population of orthodox Jews, immigrants form the West Indies, that was beginning to attract hipsters and upscale purchasers for it fin de siecle row houses, as a "cross-cultural experiment, trying to promote better integration of, and communication between, groups in Crown Heights that haven’t always mingled much or seen eye to eye."[3][4][5][2]
Moshe Wendel was part of the team that opened Basil.[6] The Forward called Wendel, one of the "small band of chefs has led the way in kosher dining, with restaurants that rival their local non-kosher competition."[7]
The owner is Daniel Branover.[8][9]
References
- ^ Levin, Chaim; Dreyfus, Hanna (9 March 2017). "Crown Heights Now Artisanal Kosher Haven". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ a b Firger, Jessica (26 August 2010). "Café Serves All, Lubavitch Style". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ a b Bruni, Frank (7 October 2010). "Keeping It Kosher". New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Feder, Shira (5 January 2018). "Kosher Pizza Goes Avant-Garde". The Forward. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Udasin, Sharon (5 March 2010). "The Rebbe's Rosé". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Blatter, Lucy (26 May 2019). "Chosen Chefs: Moshe Wendel of Brooklyn's Pardes". The Forward. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Furst, Devra (26 July 2011). "As Chefs Become More Observant, Kosher Menus Go Gourmet". The Forward. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Kilgannon, Corey (28 March 2017). "In Brooklyn's Pizza War, Modern Tastes Battle Ancient Law". New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ Honig, Michelle (29 March 2017). "Kosher Pizza War Simmers On After Brooklyn Rabbis Rule". The Forward. Retrieved 26 May 2019.