Step one
Certification, confirmed.
Every listing names its supervising agency. OU, OK, Star-K, cRc, Kof-K, RCC, local vaadim. If we cannot confirm who certifies a spot, it does not go on the map.
About Kosher Connect
We got tired of asking the group chat too.
Kosher Connect is the Jewish community hub. One map of kosher restaurants, bakeries, butchers, and groceries across the country, with the certifying agency shown on every listing.
1,402
kosher listings
20
states
33+
neighborhoods
Our Story
It started the way it always starts.
You land in a new city and want dinner. You google it and get a Yelp page for a place that closed two years ago, a blog post from 2019, and a map pin with no hechsher in sight. So you ask the WhatsApp group, and someone sends a PDF.
The team kept living that night on repeat. There had to be one place that put every kosher spot on one map with the agency behind it, instead of three dead links and a PDF. Where the calendar knows when candles are lit before you do, and planning a simcha does not mean calling thirty vendors.
So we built Kosher Connect. Not a directory, a community hub. The map shows you what is nearby, the calendar shows you what is coming, and every listing carries the agency that certified it.
Today Kosher Connect covers 1,402 listings across 20 states, from Brooklyn, Lakewood, and Teaneck to smaller communities like Sharon, Cedarhurst, and West Hempstead. The 34 cities that carry ten or more listings hold 78% of the directory. Every city with a Jewish community deserves a map like this.
Certification on every listing
You see the agency, not our opinion of it.
Step two
Shabbos on the clock.
Candle lighting and Havdalah for your city, computed from Hebcal rather than guessed. The calendar knows when the week turns before you do, so erev Shabbos does not sneak up on you.
Step three
Updates, reviewed.
Owner claims, community corrections, new openings. Every change is reviewed before it publishes. When you see it on Kosher Connect, someone checked it first.
What We Stand For
Three things we will not bend on.
01
Hechsher first.
Different families hold by different standards. The whole product is built around that. Filter by your hechsher. Surface Cholov Yisroel, Pas Yisroel, glatt. The supervising agency is on every restaurant page, every time.
02
Inclusive by design.
Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrachi, observant, exploring, or somewhere in between. The map does not gatekeep. You pick the standard you hold by, and the app respects it without commentary.
03
Built with the community.
Listings come from the community. Owners claim their own restaurants. Corrections come from the people who actually ate there last week. The roadmap follows what you ask for.
Our Mission
Jewish life, more accessible, more connected, more joyful.
Everything you need in one place, and a table with room for everyone. When it is easy to find a kosher restaurant, join a Shabbos meal, or show up to a community event, Jewish life gets stronger. That is the whole thesis.
There is a seat for you.
Explore the map, claim your restaurant, or join the founding cohort while spots are still open.