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IDT Megabite Cafe
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “considered the world's first kosher cybercafe”. Today it says “cybercafe and sushi bar in new york city”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
IDT Megabite Cafe (also known as IDT Mega Bite Cafe ) is a cybercafe and sushi bar in New York City . It is considered to be the world's first kosher cybercafe. The New York Times . A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries, and Inventions in American History (5th ed.). The first kosher cybercafe ... the IDT Megabite Cafe in New York City's diamond district, opened in the spring of 1997.1
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “considered the world's first kosher cybercafe”. Today it says “cybercafe and sushi bar in new york city”. Read the current article and compare.
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considered the world's first kosher cybercafe
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cybercafe and sushi bar in new york city
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