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Just as hundreds of Crown Heights homes finished ‘turning over’ their kitchens back to normal, the lines in the neighborhoods two pizza shops, Kingston Pizza and The Kertchme, kept getting longer and longer.

Photos: The First Pizzas after Pesach

Just as hundreds of Crown Heights homes finished ‘turning over’ their kitchens back to normal, the lines in the neighborhoods two pizza shops, Kingston Pizza and The Kertchme, kept getting longer and longer.

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31 Comments

  • danny

    not worth buying pizza right after pesach, because they are in such a rush the pizza comes out raw

  • AMAMZING

    ITs JUST CRAZY!
    on any random day of the year, people can go without PIZZA for 2 month! but on PESACH, people CAN’T go for ONE WEEK without pizza!!!!!
    Mi Keamche Yisroel…

  • A.Goldman

    I tasted from both stores, both tastes good, but Yossel Motchkin’s was more spicy…the Pizza tastes like its owner.

  • freezer dude

    the trick is to by the pizza before pasach and freeze it this way there is no 10 hour line !!!!!!!!!

  • Disgusted

    no hair coverings? No gloves? They are so lucky the health department did not stop by. They should also remove these pictures before the health dept. sees it.

  • Chaya M.

    U guys r so lucky u even have pizza shops!
    Im on shlichos and me dont even hav 1 resturant!!!

  • mochkins pizza is the best

    go YOSEL the best pizza in town is by YOSEL
    or as they call it THE KRETCHME
    hatlocho rabo mochkins

  • Shmuli

    Forget about the nice comments telling everyone how good they look, I’d rather focus on the fact that the Pizza gets thrown into the air by someone with no gloves and probably just spent a long hour in the bathroom after eating the first batch of delicious pizza. I could also focus on the guy who puts his hand into the cheese and on the pizza for the sake of a picture. I’m thanking my lucky stars that I didn’t eat any pizza after Pesach!

    Someone should probably make a facebook group for hygienic pizza in crown heights.

    P.S. When I write someone should make a FB group, I mean like everyone else who has good ideas – someone else should make the FB group, not me.

    P.S.S. Hygienic means clean. I have just taught half of Lubavitch a new word.

  • SOME ACHDUS

    let me know of one pizza shop in the world, where they roll the pizza with gloves on their hands. enough putting fellow (hardworking honest) yidden DOWN.

  • uncle moisy and the pizza song :)

    kretchme was awesome was in there less then 20 mins and had 2 pies which tasted awesome!!
    now if only it was a real pizza shop and not a hole in the wall. oh well at least the pizza was good.

  • KVETCHIN- FOR THE KRETCHME

    Besides making the best tasting Pizza in the Shechuneh, The Kretchme takes CREDIT CARDS, unlike other pizza establishment, at which one must first visit the ATM machine to kvetch out some money! Hello! its 2010! Get a credit card machine! Anyways, I would probably use The Kretchme regardless- spacious, always a video playing for the kids, soda in bottles that I can walk home with, if I did’nt finish them. Oh yeh… miraculously crispy fries! Regular, spicy, they got em all! But most of all- its great to be served by chassidishe Yidden with broad smiles…
    By the way- does your mother wear gloves when she cooks, right after diapering you baby brother, sister, twins, whatever?! The heat kills the germs any ways!
    KRETCHME! KRETCHME! KRETCHME! KRETCHME!

  • Cristopher

    First and foremost I would like thank you, in behalf of every single staff member at KINGSTON PIZZA for your patronage, day by day you had made possible our way of earning an honest living and your suggestions are always appreciated.
    Regarding your concerns upon hair covering, gloves and hand sanitation, I’d like to reply by saying that members of our Pizzeria have taken the Food Handling Curse and succed & received our certificates; We observe their rules and regulations, not merely to maintain our business open, but also out of respect for our customer and may I dare say “us”, remember, we eat this food as well.
    1.-Hats are Mandatory for perssonel that Prepares Food, if you look closely, both, the Pizzaman & myself are wearing hats. ( yarmulkes count)
    2,-There are instances where gloves are not mandatory, EXCEPT when Food is cooked & out of the fire and, in order to serve needs to be touched. ( waiters don’t use gloves when they bring your dish to the table. do they? but chefs use them to put your plate together)
    There are many rules and examples to this subject matter, therefore, to conclude, I would like to invite you to use this tool ( the internet) to educate ourselves, your queries are utterly valid but unfortunately this space is too small to cover all aspects. Rest assure that we strife for better service and Hygiene, reason why we have NEVER EVER found ourselves at the brink of being shut down by the Health Deparment, unlike many others ( dont worry,I will be a MENCHT and wont disclose names)
    Thanks once again and dont forget to stop by and buy some CHOMETZS.
    kindest regards.
    CRISTOPHER. (green shirt)

  • post-pesach pizza

    that looks awesome!!
    delicious!!
    post-pesach pizza is prolifically prominent!!
    p, p, p, p, p…

  • oy vey

    Most people that complain about gloves, hats and what not, DO NOT wash their hands before eating…so it is both ways after all. OY VEY!!!!

  • To shmuli!

    Don’t put others down to put urself higher
    p.s. They are all hardworking Jews and there’s no need to make fun
    btw, kretchme has the best garlic knots!

  • RESIDENT

    THE KRETCHME HAS BETTER PIZZA BUT KINGSTON PIZZA HAD A HASHGOCHO – SO PIC YOUR CHOICE BETTER GASHMIUS OR BETTER RUCHNIUS

  • Phew what a relief!!

    I’m so relieved to hear that they all took the safe food handling curse!!

  • ungloved

    For all those raising a stink about the lack of gloves and hairnets, PLEASE! You cannt work with dough or sprinkle cheese with gloves on and I’m sorry when was the last time your mothers donned gloves in the kitchen? Lighten up, folks, feel the joy!