![]() Greenpointers: You’ve said you are passionate about your Israeli heritage and Israeli food. Dinner at K’Far, featuring the bone-in short rib. I got so much out of it and gained the confidence to open K’Far. Laser Wolf was a great learning experience. People from Philly and Chicago came to help. There was a lot of support at the beginning of Laser Wolf. Here in New York, you need to be on top of your game all the time. Chicago is just not at the same competitive level. I didn’t feel that pressure in Chicago, at least not on the same level. The New York Times and Eater came in right after we opened so, we had no choice but to perform from the beginning. How has New York’s restaurant scene differed from the one in Chicago?Ĭhef Sam Levenfeld: It became apparent how much more high profile everything is in New York. Greenpointers: You burst onto the Brooklyn restaurant scene with the highly anticipated arrival of Laser Wolf. K’Far’s buzzing bar area in the lobby of the Hoxton. It’s cool to work for a company that likes to promote from within. So, I went to Laser Wolf with him and was promoted to executive sous chef. Michael asked if I would be interested in Brooklyn instead. But then the pandemic happened, and Israel shut its borders. ![]() I thought maybe I could find a spot on the beach and just enjoy cooking. I told him my idea to move to Israel for a few months. I eventually worked my way up to sous chef at Cira.Īt Cira, I connected with Michael Solomonov. My mentor opened Cira at the Hoxton, and I followed him there. How did you end up in New York?Ĭhef Sam Levenfeld: I started at Momotaro, which is a Japanese concept in the West Loop across the street from a Hoxton Hotel. Greenpointers: You’ve worked in Providence and then Chicago. Not everyone is going to fall in love with kitchen culture. ![]() But I loved it! And that’s when it took off for me. Once I got to school, I had no idea what I was getting myself into and how cut throat kitchens can be. My mom brought up that I loved to cook and suggested I give culinary school a shot. I took a semester off and tried to figure out my direction. has pledged its military and political support for Israel.Chef Sam Levenfeld: I went to Indiana University for a year and a half, and then it was time to pick a major, but I was lost. Hamas also says it has taken 150 hostages from Israel into Gaza, and the U.S. Israel's military response in Gaza has killed at least another 1,055 people, CNN reported Wednesday. Saturday's surprise attack by Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in Israel, including the massacre of babies and toddlers. Zahav also has won multiple James Beard awards in 2019, it earned the foundation's award for best restaurant in America. It remains one of Philadelphia's most sought-after reservations. Solomonov's family-style Israeli restaurant Zahav opened in 2008 in Society Hill and has been a perennial fixture on "best of" lists in the culinary press. He dedicated his culinary career to making Israeli cuisine after his brother David, a volunteer soldier for the Israeli Defense Forces, was killed in a sniper attack during a 2003 military campaign on the border of Lebanon. Solomonov, born in Israel, spent parts of his life growing up in the U.S. "We are very much looking forward to you attending, to you donating and to you participating in something that we think will be very meaningful to our friends and our family back home," Solomonov says in the social media post. ![]() The money raised will be given to Friends of United Hatzalah, which has been working on the ground in Israel since Saturday's attack. Friends of United Hatzalah is an independent, civilian-led organization with more than 6,500 volunteers who respond to emergency situations throughout Israel by providing medical assistance. Traffic deaths rose slightly in Philly last year, though crashes and injuries fell, report finds.Fugitive arrested in fatal shooting of Philadelphia streets department worker.Center City has recovered faster from the pandemic than other major cities' downtown areas, report finds.All the restaurants are part of the CookNSolo group owned by Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook, who announced the campaign on Instagram on Tuesday. The fundraiser applies to sales at Zahav, Laser Wolf, K'Far and the five Goldie locations in the city. On Thursday, 100% of sales at four Philadelphia Israeli restaurants, including the acclaimed Zahav - will be donated to a charity that has been providing free medical services to people in Israel since Saturday's terrorist attacks by Hamas. ![]()
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