Pomegranate Supermarket
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Interactive map of Pomegranate | |
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| Established | August 19, 2008 |
| Owner | Abraham Banda |
| Location | 1507 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, New York, 11230, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°37′15″N 73°57′50″W / 40.6207°N 73.964°W |
| Website | thepompeopleonline |
Pomegranate is a kosher supermarket on Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.
Background
It opened on August 19, 2008, after two years of construction,[1] on the site of a former bakery, auto repair shop, and another store.[2] It is 18,000 square feet and a block long. It has three on-site kitchens, as well as a fourth down the street, from which they produce 3,00 cooked foods every week. The owner is Abraham Banda, a Satmar Hasidic Jew from Williamsburg, Brooklyn,[3] who also owns a grocery store in Long Island.[4] The marketing director is Sam Ash.[1]
It focuses on gourmet delicacies and organic produce.[4] They sell luxury products as well as traditional Jewish cuisine like challah and gefilte fish.[5][4] It has a 50-car parking lot with valet parking. It has full-time rabbinical supervision.[4]
During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's September 2019 visit to the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, his staff ordered $1,800 worth of food for him,[3] including both prime rib and other meat as well as traditional Shabbat food like challah, chulent, gefilte fish, and noodle kugel.[6][7] Other notable shoppers have included Ivanka Trump and Itzhak Perlman.[3]
David Brooks praised Pomegranate in The New York Times, writing that "Pomegranate looks like any island of upscale consumerism, but deep down it is based on a countercultural understanding of how life should work."[8] The New York Post called the store the "kosher Whole Foods".[5][4]
References
- 1 2 Hanson, Joyce (2008-08-06). "Kosher Competition Heats Up In Brooklyn". Yeshiva World News. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ Merwin, Hugh (2008-06-11). "A Supermarket Grows in Brooklyn!". Gothamist. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- 1 2 3 Mecea, Robert (2012-10-09). "A-list kosher: Midwood's Pomegranate market caters to Israeli's Bibi and other Jewish celebs". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Big Kosher Supermarket to Chase the Upscale Niche in Brooklyn". Progressive Grocer. August 22, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- 1 2 "Pomegranate". New York City Tourism + Conventions. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ "Netanyahu Spent $1,800 At Pomegranate Kosher Market, Reports Say". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Eli (2012-10-10). "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shops locally". Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ Brooks, David (March 8, 2013). "Opinion | The Orthodox Surge". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2025.