On 12/18/2014 11:39 AM, Steve Freides wrote:
> S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 12/17/2014 7:29 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
>>> S Viemeister wrote:
>>>> On 12/17/2014 6:38 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
>>>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>>>> I have family in the Pikesville area of Baltimore that will beg to
>>>>>> differ with you. They are strictly Kosher in and out of their
>>>>>> homes.
>>>>> And the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, and lots of other places,
>>>>> too.
>>>> Passaic county in NJ.
>>> I know there's more than one large orthodox community closer to the
>>> GWB - where in Passaic?
>> Passaic Park and neighbouring parts of Clifton.
>
> I had no idea. Clifton is where I go for good Arab food, e.g., the area
> around Corrado's but, then again, Clifton is pretty big geographically.
>
Paterson has also had a large Arab community for decades, many of them
Lebanese (and possibly Syrian?) Christians.

Yes, Clifton is pretty big - it wraps around Passaic like a giant letter
'C', with the Passaic River as the eastern border. The southern end has
a growing Orthodox population, the northern end has loads of Arab shops.