The Kosher Store

The Kosher Store in the H-​E-​B in Austin is really terrific. While the counter was closed by the time we got there (they close at 6:30pm), we walked by to see what take out options they had. The mashgiach, who was still there, immediately came over to us and apologized that they didn’t have any meat for a few days because of shipment issues. The guy didn’t know us at all, but he recognized a Jewish family and immediately offered to help. He told us what they had that was kosher and available AND offered up the information that the H-​E-​B bakery is pretty much kosher except for 3 items, which he listed for us. What a mensch!
The next evening, we got there with enough time to spare before leaving Austin and ate from the «restaurant». They still didn’t have any ground beef, so no burgers, but we ordered deli sandwiches, which were VERY good. The bread is all baked on site, so was fresh and delicious. The pastrami was tasty, cole slaw sweet, and fries salty.
All in all, a really terrific kosher experience.

I haven’t tried the deli, but the selection of foods and particularly meat could be much, much better given the amount of space set aside.

This small kosher deli and grocery-​within-​a-​grocery was a great find. Reuben sandwich was excellent – meat and sandwich was grilled and tasty. My son loved the corned beef on sourdough. The meat selection is very limited but we were able to stock up on fresh, frozen and packaged deli to bring home on the plane. They had an impressive selection of kosher wine as well as Israeli candy and snack food, Green’s babka and Zomicks challah.

I travel for business and also for fun. Keeping Kosher is a must and surprisingly The Kosher store had everything I needed. It is conveniently located in a HEB grocery store and has both fleshig and milchig items. There are Cholov yisroel products and they make pas yisrael bread that was delicious. Don’t get turned off when they can’t send you a menu via email just go and get everything you need for your stay.

It’s a «bracha» that there is such a store in Austin where you can buy lots of kosher food AND get a meal in a café. I encourage you to visit, enjoy and support this store so it can remain there for all of us to enjoy.

This is a really unique location for Kosher food and I’ve never really seen it done in this way before. The product offered is great. I had the Brisket and the remains of the Reuben sandwich and I’m still dreaming of both.
That’s how good this place is. Prices are fair in comparison to what I’m used to in Toronto. This place makes me shameful for what I have available to me back home and someone there should take note because this place is WAY better than anything I have back home!

I got the famous $ 12 reuben, hoping for an (almost) New York Jewish Deli experience — not so much. The pastrami/​corned beef? on the sandwich was
cured, but not clearly identifiable. There was no swiss cheese (probably to keep it kosher). A nice thousand island/​russian dressing and saurkraut grilled on the flat top. All on a very texas-​style (not New York) rye bread.
Guess I’ll stick with BBQ on my next visit to Austin.

This place really only exists for people who can only eat kosher, because if you don’t eat kosher you can certainly find more reasonably priced food elsewhere. All kosher food is pretty expensive because it needs constant supervision. I give it four stars because it’s decent food and good service, plus if you are kosher, it really is your only option.

When I first saw «The Kosher Store» on Unilocal,I swore it was a joke. Upon arrival, I was shocked to see that they actually do have a little cultural pocket for the Kosher folk. The deli menu is no-​frills, and the calm blue and white makes it feel like a serene East coast deli… that happens to be blessed by a Rabbi. It is hard to imagine that everything in this corner of a North Austin HEB is «not not kosher.»
The pricing is a bit steep, but maybe I am safe to assume that much Jewish grub is pricey. Perhaps they are able to pay for the premiums for these offerings that sit in your stomach and are in religious regulations. Specifically, the $ 11 reuben was a bit off-​putting. This is undoubtedly a New York price.
I went with a half corned beef. The bread was stale and dry, in that crumbly stage, more or less. The rye flavor was not present. The corned beef was not the hot smoked corned beef that you get in many a NY deli, but rather this cold, deli meat sort of stuff. Yikes. As you can imagine, this was one of my least favorite $ 7 in Austin. Austin is a sandwich town; you can do better.
In trying to sound cool, I will say the «prices are so not kosher, dude.» Alas, why am I presenting KS with a 2? Well, at least they make an effort to provide quality grub to those who cannot eat un-​Kosher fare.

I’d like to try their Reuben. The best Reuben in Austin. I love living here in Austin, and eating the different types of excellent fare available. But best Reuben in Austin doesn’t really sound like high praise. There was one comment about mayo going on someone’s Reuben — Seriously?

I ordered a hamburger from the deli counter and was sorely disappointed, perhaps not the best meal choice on my part. Forgiven on this count.
The prices in this section of the store are significantly higher than the nice low Heb prices I’ve grown to love and expect. Also forgiven because of a more unique food selection
The chocolate Babka was quite the tasty dense pastry/​bread mmm. However I must confess my only basis of comparison is the cinnamon Babka purchased at the same store.
Despite having some flaws the existence of a Kosher section at all and the deliciousness are reason enough to leave four stars. I’d like a 3.5 start Good with room for improvement. (are you listening Unilocal

Forget about the food, have you seen the kitchen manager? One with dark rimmed glasses and tattoos? HOT! :)

Luckily I was in Austin, TX this Passover. The HEB has a freakkin kosher deli/​butcher store within the store. Talk about respectin’ the observant Jews! I am very impressed with the Jewish community of Austin for having an ammenity like this.

I had been hearing this buzz about this little counter in HEB having the best Reuben in town, so the other afternoon I decided to hit it up. Sure enough, right there, taped to the register, is an old, yellowed clip from the Statesman with the date cut out touting their Reuben as supreme. The cook who took my order seemed to be annoyed he had to cook anything at all, but I felt a little better when I saw him smear the bread with mayo before grilling it. The corned beef (which they brine there) and the sauerkraut all went onto the same griddle with the bread, and all came off at the same time. Quickest damn sandwich I’ve ever ordered.
Now, I should have read the menu a little closer and not just walked up and ordered, so its partially my fault, but when he rang me up for just the Reuben, I was hit with $ 11.67! For a sandwich. It was already made and sitting in front of me, so I took it, albeit with a scowl.
Here is the important part, though: The fucking thing was sublime.
It was huge, over a half pound, and I ate the whole thing. It tasted like something you would order on the street in Chicago. It was charred and messy and absolutely perfect. If this sandwich had been anything less than what I am saying it was, then I would not be writing this review, because the staff and pricing is ridiculous.

Really yummy sandwiches & a great vegan/​vegetarian selection in the freezers.
Too bad the powers that be at the HEB it’s housed in didn’t decide to expand their area while remodeling the rest of the store.

Forget Katz’s, don’t even think about Manny Hattan’s. The Kosher Store inside of this H.E.B, I know it sounds weird, but they have got the BEST Reuben in town. Greasy corned beef with kraut and grilled rye (or in my case, I prefer sourdough), it is the best. It’s not a hot spot, not a gimmick, but just a plain old good Kosher deli. Also try the New Yorker. It’s a hamburger topped with pastrami. Yikes! All the Jewish people in the community go there so that says something. Try it out. Shalom. by the way, I’m hispanic. I just love the food.

Kosher sandwiches, yummy. No cheese. Ask them to spread some hummus love instead. Gotta love that pastrami and beef salami.
Must eat kosher? You don’t have that many choices anyway.