Charlie’s Middle Eastern Cuisine opened in Norfolk’s Ghent neighborhood in November. The intimate and friendly kosher restaurant is supervised under the Vaad HaKasharus of Tidewater.
Yogev Kremisi, the restaurant’s owner, also owns Dream the La Cream, an ice cream parlor in Virginia Beach. He says he searched for seven months to find a restaurant location – landing at the site of longtime diner, Charlie’s Café on Granby Street.
A native Israeli who is now a U.S. citizen, Kremisi met his American wife in Israel, where he worked in mediterranean cuisine.
Kremisi says he is pleased with the early response to this new venture and is working on the restaurant’s website and establishing accounts with delivery services Uber Eats and Door Dash. A Shishi menu, carry-out for Shabbat, is also available. Kremisi says his favorite dish on the Charlie’s menu is the Chef Kabob plate, since “it’s completely made from zero.”
What’s next for Kremisi? “Kosher dairy, maybe,” he says.
New kosher restaurant in Ghent
