There have been some recent very negative reviews about this fantastic restaurant that are frankly shocking to me. My family and I and several of my coworkers/friends are regulars here. I was as well at their prior location in Matthews, NC where it did great business but was too small to meet demand. I grew up in NJ, not the Midwest (where quality Mediterranean choices may very well be limited but never living there I can't confirm that). I do know that NJ has many and I tried them all. Now, mind you Yelp and the menu handout list different closing times. That should be fixed without a doubt because handout actually states 8pm close Mon-Sat and 7pm Sunday. Yelp says closing 9pm. The restaurant may go there eventually but I think the owner was attempting to make an accommodation by providing service to a late arrival when in fact he likely would have been closed or close to it for the night otherwise. Perhaps that explains why there was only one customer at 8:05 on a Fri/Sat night. Here's the thing...rather than running home and ripping into a quality establishment and potentially damaging its reputation and that of its prince of an owner....give it a 2nd chance because otherwise I have to wonder if it there was more to the tone of these questionable reviews than meets the eye.
Jerusalem Cafe is an overall excellent choice...no place is perfect every moment of every day, but this restaurant has excellent food and extremely nice people on its team. And that is coming from a regular who knows good food from around the globe and is not one to write internet reviews but felt it was worth doing so in this situation.
A 1 or 2.....really???? I don't think so!