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You can fill up on kosher cholent at this NJ gas station

JL;DR SUMMARY Snaxit, a unique gas station convenience store located on Route 4 in Englewood, New Jersey, offers more than just fuel and snacks—it provides travelers with kosher Ashkenazi dishes such as cholent, kugel, and knishes. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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KosherMinyanCholentAshkenazi CuisineOrthodox JewishRoad TripEnglewoodRoute 4Gas StationSnaxit

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Englewood, New Jersey, United States
"As one might expect on a busy road through Englewood, New Jersey, theres a concentration of gas stations, motels and parking lots."
Monsey, New York, United States
"All of Snaxits hot food is cooked daily in their kitchen in Monsey, a Rockland County hamlet thats home to a sizable haredi Orthodox community."
Monroe, New York, United States
"Breuer said he knows of other gas stations in Monsey and nearby Monroe, New York, which is adjacent to the Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, that serve restaurant-style kosher food."
Kiryas Joel, New York, United States
"Breuer said he knows of other gas stations in Monsey and nearby Monroe, New York, which is adjacent to the Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, that serve restaurant-style kosher food."
New York City, New York, United States
"Then, another owner took it over and made it kosher, with the idea that travelers who are heading between New York City and Jewish communities upstate and in New Jersey who need a kosher option should have somewhere to stop along the way."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"A lot of Hasidic, a lot of Jewish [people are] coming from Williamsburg, Borough Park [in Brooklyn] to upstate, or going [from] upstate to work in Borough Park, said Zohar, a Snaxit employee whos originally from Israel, who declined to share his last name."

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