Trudie's Tavern

RAD Restaurants is a Brooklyn-based hospitality group founded and operated by husband-wife duo Nate Adler and Rachel Jackson. We built our foundation with the opening of GERTIE in 2019, and after successfully navigating the challenges of the pandemic—mobilizing the restaurant as a hub for food relief and community care—we have continued to grow with the addition of gertrude’s and our newest project, Trudie’s Tavern. The name RAD stands for “Restaurants Advocating for Democracy,” a nod to our origins in social action and our ongoing mission to create neighborhood-centered places for folks to gather and hang out.

RAD brings New York dining culture to life through a distinctly “Jew-ish” lens—heritage-inspired, community-driven, and unapologetically local. Each restaurant embodies the soul of its neighborhood through approachable design and a community-centric ethos. We have moved away from the high-stress, exclusionary environment of the traditional kitchen in favor of a culture-first approach that prioritizes fairness, inclusion, and respect. By bridging the gap between the kitchen and the dining room, RAD continues to nurture both staff and guests through spaces that are comfortable, empathetic, and nostalgic—the hallmarks of the perfect neighborhood restaurant.