Basil Pizza & Wine Bar

Basil Pizza & Wine Bar is a restaurant in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

Basil Pizza & Wine Bar
Restaurant information
Street address270 Kingston Avenue
CityBrooklyn
CountyKings
StateNew York
Postal/ZIP Code11213
CountryUnited States
Coordinates40°40′13″N 73°56′32.5″W

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]

A pizza topped with kale and cheese
A kale pizza from Basil Pizza & Wine Bar.

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 from 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
  1. Levin, Chaim; Dreyfus, Hanna (9 March 2017). "Crown Heights Now Artisanal Kosher Haven". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. Firger, Jessica (26 August 2010). "Café Serves All, Lubavitch Style". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  3. Bruni, Frank (7 October 2010). "Keeping It Kosher". New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. Feder, Shira (5 January 2018). "Kosher Pizza Goes Avant-Garde". The Forward. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. Udasin, Sharon (5 March 2010). "The Rebbe's Rosé". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. Blatter, Lucy (26 May 2019). "Chosen Chefs: Moshe Wendel of Brooklyn's Pardes". The Forward. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. Furst, Devra (26 July 2011). "As Chefs Become More Observant, Kosher Menus Go Gourmet". The Forward. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  8. Kilgannon, Corey (28 March 2017). "In Brooklyn's Pizza War, Modern Tastes Battle Ancient Law". New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  9. Honig, Michelle (29 March 2017). "Kosher Pizza War Simmers On After Brooklyn Rabbis Rule". The Forward. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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