What is Kosher?

Jewish dietary laws define which sorts of food and which ways of preparation of food are kosher, i.e. ritually clean, and may therefore be eaten.

While eating fruit or vegetables is completely unrestricted, there are strict rules in the Torah as to the consumption of meat:
Only animals that have cloven hooves and chew their cud are kosher. Cows and sheep may only be eaten if the animal has been slaughtered according to strict rules. Except for some of our wines the food selection in Café Makom is not kosher.

Our dishes do not contain any meat. Our fish dishes contain solely fish which have scales and fins – those species that are listed as kosher in the Torah.

On our wine list you will find several wines which are "mevushal" (boiled), i.e. they remain kosher, even when opened and served by non-Jewish persons.