Israel Restaurant Openings and  Foodie News for September.

The summer is always a quieter time for restaurant openings in Israel but there is still some exciting news this month. The summer holidays may be over but the hot weather is not going away, at least for now. Kosher restaurant openings this month include Maalya meat restaurant in Kiryat Anavim, SPICE by Spicehaus cocktail bar in the InterContinental David Tel Aviv hotel, and Yama fish restaurant in Har Hotzvim. Non-kosher restaurant openings include Madame cafe and wine bar off Shenkin, Treysar Mediterranean restaurant above Shuk HaNamal, and the first branch of German bakery Zeit fur Brot, all in Tel Aviv.

So how was your summer? If you tried any new restaurants in Israel over the summer, please share photos and a review in the Facebook group Restaurant Club Israel.

Kosher Israel Restaurant Openings

• Eretz Canaan (Badazt Machpud) is a meat restaurant in Rosh Pina that replaces Meatbalim. The restaurant hosts a farmers market on Friday mornings.

• Maalya is a meat restaurant in Park Kramim in Kiryat Anavim run by Chef Tal Gazit.
• Segev Burger is an American-style burger restaurant in Petach Tikva by Chef Moshe Segev.

• SPICE by Spicehaus is a cocktail bar in the InterContinental David Tel Aviv hotel by the Spicehaus cocktail company.  The bar serves a meat bar menu to compliment the cocktails (Spice English menu).
• The Grill Bar (Badazt Machpud) steakiah from Jerusalem has opened a branch in Mevaseret Zion.
• Yama (Badatz Rubin) is a fish restaurant in Har Hotzvim in Jerusalem.

• Café Bajjali & Ko is a Korean cafe in the Old City, near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
• Helena is a Spanish-influenced wine and pintxos bar in Tel Aviv,  by Chef Guy Gamzo of Nununu.
• KFC chain opened its first branch in Tel Aviv in the Opera Tower on Allenby Street.
• Lunel is a French bistro in Florentine in Tel Aviv.
• Madame is a cafe by day and a wine bar by night, off Shenkin in Tel Aviv.
• Paris Texas burger restaurant has opened another branch in G Cinema City Mall in Rishon LeZion. Make sure to try the cheesy fries!

• Treysar is a Mediterranean restaurant above Shuk HaNamal (in place of Kitchen Market) by Chef Aner ben Raphael Furman.  The seasonal menu is divided into, cold vegetables, hot vegetables, fish and seafood,  and meat.
• Vermuteria is a Spanish tapas bar on Nahalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv.
• Zeit fur Brot German bakery has opened its first branch in Tel Aviv, which is it’s first branch outside of Germany.

Restaurant Closings

• Manou BaShuk in Jerusalem has closed after 10 years.

Israeli Foodie Events & Wine Festivals

• Rosh Hashanah Wine Exhibition, Pyup Wine Jerusalem,  5 September 2023
• Coffee Fest, Tel Aviv, 5 – 7 September 2023
• Whisky Live, Expo Tel Aviv, 6 – 7 September 2023
• Rosh Hasahanah Wine Festival, Gan Ofer Tel Aviv, 7 September 2023, NIS 129 pp
• MyYain Jerusalem Wine Festival, The First Station Jerusalem, 14 September 2023, NIS 115 pp
• The Biblical Feast 2023, The Biblical Museum of Natural History, 28 September 2023 – $360 pp
• The Alchemist TLV Cocktail Festival, 5 – 6 October 2023, NIS 150 -200 pp
• Terravino, 7 December 2023
• Sommelier, Hechal HaTarbut Tel Aviv, 19 – 20 February 2024

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