DNAInfo
by Alicia Hauser
October 29, 2014

WICKER PARK — Plans are underway to open the city’s first Kosher Gino’s East pizzeria along with a subterranean mikvah bathhouse and other amenities that will be part of a local Jewish group’s headquarters, just north of Wicker Park’s main hub.

“It will be neighborhood friendly and a place where people who care about Kosher can come and get quality, original Chicago deep-dish pizza,” said Rabbi Yosef Moscowitz, leader of the Bucktown Wicker Park Chabad Jewish Center at 1630 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Moscowitz said that if all goes as planned, the restaurant, to be called “Gino’s East Vegetarian,” could be open by next fall, slightly ahead of a neighboring Northwest Tower hotel project. Moscowitz said that while the pizzeria will be Kosher, it will be targeted to anyone that wants a meatless pizza prepared using Kosher ingredients…..

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