Yapchik – Restaurant

A kosher counter on Madison Avenue in Lakewood built around a steam table and a hot buffet — you pay by the plate, load up, and sit down. Cholent is the signature, and the VIP cholent plate is what regulars point newcomers toward. Beyond it: corned beef and pastrami dinners, the fried pastrami burger, crispy pastrami sandwiches, pulled beef, battered onion rings, and a build-your-own bowl with a run of bases, proteins and dressings. A full buffet meal lands in the mid-twenties. Comfort food, no ceremony.

Cuisine: Restaurant