SALT LAKE CITY, UT — For many years visitors to the Salt Lake area had no options for a Kosher meal. This made it difficult if not impossible for some skiers and businessmen to visit the area.
To help remedy the situation, Israel Lefler started a restaurant called Kosher on the Go, located at 1575 S. 1100 East in Salt Lake City. It prepares Kosher meals to hungry visitors to the Salt Lake area. It is under the supervision of the Chabad of Utah, which certifies the food as Kosher.
Kosher in the Calley? Let’s Go
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — For many years visitors to the Salt Lake area had no options for a Kosher meal. This made it difficult if not impossible for some skiers and businessmen to visit the area.
To help remedy the situation, Israel Lefler started a restaurant called Kosher on the Go, located at 1575 S. 1100 East in Salt Lake City. It prepares Kosher meals to hungry visitors to the Salt Lake area. It is under the supervision of the Chabad of Utah, which certifies the food as Kosher.
The 5-year-old family-run business features popular dishes most folks would find fairly typical. Baked chicken, rotisserie chicken, ribeye steaks, spaghetti, salmon, hamburgers and schnitzel top the menu.
The restaurant also specializes in Asian dishes like sweet and sour chicken, Mongolian beef and egg rolls. It features pastrami, corn beef and turkey sandwiches on the lunch menu.
Lefler said that if people call ahead, the restaurant can make pretty much anything, “there’s not something we can’t do.”
The food is Kosher, but don’t assume that it’s bland.
“I make it hot. Israeli food is usually spicy food,” Lefler said.
Most of Kosher on the Go’s business is catering. It provides Kosher meals to local companies such as Overstock.com and Nu Skin. Conventions usually make orders too.
“For any kind of convention there is always a few that are
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Jewish,” Lefler said. The restaurant even delivers to the ski resorts for $50 or in town for about $15.
Kosher on the Go also has a general store for Kosher foods that offers frozen meats, dry food and TV dinners. The store is important to the Jewish community because there are just two grocery stores in Salt Lake that provide a Kosher section.
Reggae rapper Matisyahu, who topped the reggae charts in 2006, orders food from Kosher on the Go when he comes through town, Lefler said. He is an Orthodox Jew and no stranger to Lefler.
The store, which can be reached at 801-755-6194, doesn’t make enough profit to support Israel’s family. He is actually an electrical engineer by trade. His wife, Miryam, works full time for the store. “Our reason was not to make money,” Lefler said, “but be a service to the people.”
Yitz from accross the pond
Great concept. It would attract more customers with a hechsher from Britton.
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Kol Hakovod, May Hashem bless you and your family!
Wow!
Wow! Dedicated people who work for the benefit of a growing kehilla only – I wish there were more people like them who would be willing to move out on this type of Shlichus!