Quick Bites in Sarona Market

Updated July 2019 The great thing about Sarona Market is that you have the choice of so many tasty places under one roof.  Even if you cannot all agree on what you want to eat, each person can get what they want and sit on the shared tables […]

Israel Foodie Roundup – November 2017

November has been a busy foodie month, especially in Jerusalem where we enjoyed a week of incredible events thanks to the Open Restaurants festival – I will follow up with a specific post on all the great events I attended. I was fortunate to spend a few days […]

Gourmandises by Yoel brings French gourmet to Jerusalem

Gourmandises by Yoel in Kikar Hamusica is an authentic French bistro run by the Afriat family. Livnatt and Yoel Afriat were opticians in Paris with a number of their own shops, but they knew they wanted to change their careers to something that would be more easily transferable […]

Hanamal 24 is a European enclave in downtown Haifa

The small streets surrounding the Haifa port in the recently developed downtown Haifa area reminds me of many European cities, with bars and coffee shops spilling onto the cobbled streets and sidewalks. So it is very fitting that when you walk into Hanamal 24, the European theme continues, […]

Kosher Sarona

A roundup of kosher restaurants and takeout in Sarona. Updated May 2021 People are always asking about kosher food in Sarona, especially because there is a high turnover of restaurants and shops, so it is hard to keep track. Many of the kosher places that were there when […]