{"id":676492,"date":"2026-11-06T06:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T06:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/676492\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T06:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T06:34:12","slug":"kashrus-alert-miznon-at-brooklyns-barclays-center-is-not-kosher-yeahthatskosher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/676492\/","title":{"rendered":"[Kashrus Alert] Miznon at Brooklyn\u2019s Barclays Center is NOT Kosher \u2022 YeahThatsKosher"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BarclaysBarclays Center in Brooklyn. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n

The Miznon concession stand at Barclays Center in Brooklyn<\/a> is not kosher certified. Period. The stand, the pita chain\u2019s first location inside a major sports and entertainment venue, opened this year on the arena\u2019s main concourse outside Section 22.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Miznon concession stand at Barclays Center.<\/p>\n

The issue came to a head this week, when Omer Adam played two concerts at the arena. In a reader submission shared with us, the writer described substantial lines at the Miznon stand at an Omer Adam concert, including many visibly Orthodox Jews purchasing food. A friend of his asked a woman buying food there about its kashrus. She answered that she regularly eats at the Miznon near her home in Manhattan, so she assumed this location was kosher too.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe crowd at the Miznon stand at Barclays Center.<\/p>\n

The confusion is easy to understand. Miznon Times Square<\/a> has been kosher certified since January 2024 and is the only kosher certified Miznon in New York City, a distinction the location itself promotes. Miznon\u2019s other Manhattan locations, including Chelsea Market, The Hugh, Hudson Yards, and Rockefeller Center, are not kosher certified, and most of the brand\u2019s more than 25 locations worldwide operate without certification. <\/p>\n

Miznon also ran a non-certified stand at the US Open this summer. The concern has also been raised with the rabbi whose agency certifies the Times Square location, according to the submission.<\/p>\n

\"MiznonShown for comparison: Miznon Times Square, the only kosher certified Miznon location in New York City. The Barclays Center stand is not certified.<\/p>\n

\"MiznonMiznon Kosher at Bell Works in Holmdel, New Jersey, where the signage explicitly identifies the location as kosher.<\/p>\n

Kosher Miznon locations do exist beyond New York City. In New Jersey, Miznon Kosher at Bell Works in Holmdel<\/a> is Glatt kosher under the OU, and another kosher Miznon is on the way at American Dream<\/a> in East Rutherford. Outside the United States, Miznon in Panama City\u2019s Pacific Center<\/a> was Glatt kosher under Shevet Ahim; that location has now closed as the restaurant prepares to reopen at Plaza Bal Harbor in Punta Paitilla, Panama City. The brand\u2019s first kosher location in Israel, in Tel Aviv\u2019s Ramat Hachayal neighborhood, closed in 2025.<\/p>\n

The Kosher Option at Barclays Center<\/p>\n

Kosher consumers at Barclays Center do have a verified option. The Smash House stand<\/a> in the arena\u2019s 100s section serves its smash burger menu from a dedicated on-site kosher kitchen under Tartikov hashgacha. The stand operates for all Nets and Liberty home games except Shabbat, as well as concerts, with pregame and halftime kosher buffets available in the arena\u2019s lounges.<\/p>\n

\"CrowdThe kosher Smash House stand at Barclays Center.<\/p>\n

My Take<\/p>\n

Every person is responsible for checking the kashrus of what they eat. That is true, and it is not the whole story. When a brand has both kosher and nonkosher locations under the same name, the name alone stops being useful information. At an arena packed with kosher keeping Jews for an Israeli singer\u2019s show, that name reads like a hechsher. Miznon itself treats the distinction as important. The Times Square location\u2019s own website states plainly that it is the only kosher certified Miznon in New York City. In my view, the same clarity should exist anywhere the brand serves a crowd full of kosher keeping Jews.<\/p>\n

Some in our community are asking sharper questions, using terms like lifnei iver and mesaye\u2019a. I am not a posek, and this article is not a psak; those questions are for rabbonim to address. The practical fix does not need a teshuva. A prominent sign at every non-kosher location, stating that the stand is not kosher certified, would stop the next wrong assumption before it happens. Not fine print on a menu board. A sign.<\/p>\n

\"Miznon'sMiznon\u2019s signature whole roasted cauliflower.<\/p>\n

I have no interest in hurting a Jewish owned business. The kosher Miznon in Times Square deserves support, and I hope it thrives. But goodwill built on the Miznon name should not be spent at a concession stand where customers cannot tell the difference. In New York City, the certification belongs to the Times Square location alone. Until the distinction is unmistakable at every location, kosher consumers should treat any Miznon without its own certification as not kosher.<\/p>\n

Locations and Certification<\/p>\n

Miznon at Barclays Center is located at 620 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217, on the Main Concourse outside Section 22. It is not kosher certified.<\/p>\n

Miznon Times Square<\/a> is located at 1410 Broadway, New York, NY 10018. It is Glatt kosher and Pas Yisroel under National Kosher Supervision (Rabbi Aaron D. Mehlman), with a mashgiach temidi on site.<\/p>\n

Find the kosher Miznon Times Square on the YeahThatsKosher app: YeahThatsKosher.com\/app<\/a><\/p>\n

Correction, November 5, 2026: An earlier version of this article stated that Miznon in Panama City\u2019s Pacific Center is currently Glatt kosher under Shevet Ahim. That location has closed. Miznon Panama says it is temporarily closed while it relocates to Plaza Bal Harbor in Punta Paitilla, Panama City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barclays Center in Brooklyn. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) The Miznon concession stand at Barclays Center in Brooklyn is not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[222654,256811,266401,286553,225836,83978,103,61,60,286554,174556,179153,286555,179156,197183,266409,174559,115135,86165,87312,286556,286557,286558,286559,286560,245898,286561,82111,77319,83060,135152,286562,165204,224769,115152,286563,286564,286565,286566,286567,286568,286569,286570,286571,286572,286573,286574,79848,4320,43,286575,286576,446,286577,286578,286579,286580,186200,232353,248775,266422,286581,240442,190135,286582],"class_list":["post-676492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-barclays-center","tag-barclays-center-kosher","tag-barclays-center-kosher-food","tag-brooklyn-kosher","tag-eyal-shani","tag-glatt-kosher","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-is-miznon-kosher","tag-jewish-brooklyn","tag-kashrus-alert","tag-kashrut-alert","tag-kosher-alert","tag-kosher-arena-food","tag-kosher-barclays-center","tag-kosher-brooklyn","tag-kosher-certification","tag-kosher-certified","tag-kosher-community","tag-kosher-concert","tag-kosher-concession","tag-kosher-confusion","tag-kosher-consumer","tag-kosher-food-barclays-center","tag-kosher-food-brooklyn","tag-kosher-miznon","tag-kosher-new-york","tag-kosher-news","tag-kosher-nyc","tag-kosher-restaurants-nyc","tag-kosher-signage","tag-kosher-sports-arenas","tag-kosher-times-square","tag-mashgiach-temidi","tag-miznon","tag-miznon-barclays-center","tag-miznon-brooklyn","tag-miznon-chelsea-market","tag-miznon-hudson-yards","tag-miznon-kosher","tag-miznon-kosher-nyc","tag-miznon-locations","tag-miznon-new-york","tag-miznon-nyc","tag-miznon-rockefeller-center","tag-miznon-times-square","tag-national-kosher-supervision","tag-new-york","tag-news","tag-not-kosher","tag-not-kosher-certified","tag-nutrition","tag-omer-adam","tag-omer-adam-barclays-center","tag-omer-adam-concert","tag-orthodox-jews","tag-pas-yisroel","tag-rabbi-aaron-mehlman","tag-rabbi-mehlman","tag-smash-house","tag-smash-house-barclays","tag-tartikov","tag-tartikov-hashgacha","tag-which-miznon-is-kosher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}