One of the UK’s oldest kosher restaurants has announced it is closing to become an event space.
The owners of Aviv in Edgware explained that the restaurant’s closure came as they focused on their catering and events company.
Eat Street Kitchen was launched in 2024, and while it initially used external venues to host events, it increasingly began using Aviv as a venue.
Sharing information on social media, the owners said the event space, which would be called 87 by Eat Street Kitchen, would open this October.
They added: “So, we’ll still be there for larger group bookings, but not for regular restaurant dining/take away.”
Owner Daniel Urinov told the JC he was “looking forward to getting started on these events”.
Since opening in Edgware in 1985, Aviv has become one of London’s longest-established kosher restaurants and a familiar part of Jewish life in the area.
Long-time customers Stephen and Frances Grossman said Aviv had “been an integral part of the Jewish scene in north-west London and will be missed by us and amongst our friends as well”.
The couple said they would remember Aviv for how well it supported customers during the Covid pandemic, from its takeaways to its Shabbat food service, and that they “wish them every success in their venture”.
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