Goldie (restaurant)

Goldie is a Philadelphia based restaurant serving vegan Israeli food. The restaurant was created by Michael Solomonov under his CookNSolo restaurant group, and it has multiple locations throughout Philadelphia. The restaurant's venue "Lilah" is named after the Hebrew word for night. The restaurant serves food that is kosher and vegan, including falafel dishes and tehini shakes. The restaurant's head chef is Caitlin McMillan.

2023 protests
More than 400 people attended protests outside of Goldies restaurants after the restaurant fired three staff members for showing pro-Palestinian sentiments following the October 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas. either by wearing Palestinian flag pins or for showing support on social media. The restaurant group, CookNSolo, also donated one day profits to a medical organization that provides gear to the IDF and organized galas to show support for PACs for pro-Israel officials and lobbyists. The Philly Palestine Coalition called for a boycott of CookNSolo restaurants. Governor Josh Shapiro condemned the protest, as did President Biden and other political officials, claiming the chant was antisemitic for having targeted a restaurant owned by an Israeli-Jewish owner.