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Restaurants

in Jerusalem

Sushi Rechavia has big shoes to fill. Its flagship Azza Road location occupies what was once Cafe Atara, a Jerusalem landmark, favored coffeeshop of urban politicos and intellectuals for decades. But times change, and Sushi Rechavia's supplantation of Atara is proof that Japanese cuisine has made it in the capital. Although it is sad to see Atara go, the trend of niche ethnic menus replacing read more

With a name meaning "toy," a location in an erstwhile toy store and a promise of "fun" embedded right in its logo, HaTza'atzua wears its youthful heart on its sleeve. So naturally, it targets a bar crowd long given the short shrift in Jerusalem, but lately increasingly well-served: the student population (and the grown-up crowd).

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Grand Café joined the many cafes dotting Baka's leafy, pastoral thoroughfare, Beit Lechem Road, in November 2011, distinguishing itself with both aesthetic and culinary excellence and appeal. The design is pleasant, attractive and well thought out. When the weather allows, diners can sit at the bright outdoor sidewalk patio which boasts around twenty small round tables and decorative read more

Kosher dining's inexorable march to sophistication continues with Luciana, an Emek Refaim kosher dairy Italian restaurant housed in a classic 19th century German Colony building and managed by the culinary minds behind the nearby Joy. Main courses draw heavily on simple Southern Italian preparations of local fish and a robust lineup of pasta (fettucini, pappardelle, tortellini, ravioli, gnocchi read more

Located on Emek Refaim Street in Jerusalem's German Colony neighborhood, La Boca is the city's only restaurant specializing in Central American and South American kosher meat dishes.

Spanish-speaking cultures of the Americas are not often considered a cohesive unit when it comes to their culinary heritage, but at La Boca, which bills itself as a "Latin" read more

Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market has no shortage of places where you can grab a falafel or shwarma to go, but the newly opened Jacko's Street, the market's first chef restaurant, brings the level of dining in the "shuk" to a new level.

The decor and ambiance of the restaurant is half the experience at Jacko's Street. From the warehouse-chic style brick read more

A Mediterranean bistro-style restaurant set amid pastoral surroundings, Brasserie adds flair to a classic menu concept. Fish kebabs are served with pickled lemon slices and soft goat cheese, seafood cannelloni comes in "bloody Mary" sauce, the roast beef club sandwich is brought to life with arugula leaves, gnocchi is stuffed with ricotta and spinach, and the roasted read more

Black Bar 'n' Burger comes packed with a pretty bold claim for a chain in a country not known for burgers: "the best burger in town. Any town." The Jerusalem branch of Israeli chef Tzachi Buchester's ever expanding national chain of burger joints, the kosher Black Bar 'n' Burger occupies prime real estate on Shlomtzion HaMalka Street, done up in primal reds and blacks read more

Touro is a new, trendy restaurant located near the Old City in Mishkenot Sha'ananim. The restaurant's namesake, Yehuda Tura, was an American Jewish businessman and philanthropist who donated money to Montefiore, enabling him to build the Mishkenot Sha'ananim neighborhood. The restaurant overlooks the picturesque view of the windmill, the new journalists club and Montefiore vineyard read more

Like many of the establishments popping up in Mamilla, Jerusalem's new luxury playground, Herzl seems to embody the two driving forces of life in the Holy City: reverence for the city's storied past and a restless cosmopolitanism that seeks to combine Jerusalem's native culture with flavors and attitudes from abroad.

The historical reverence is simple read more

Make way for the colors. The owners of Adom ("Red"), a popular mid-level-price, high-quality-cuisine haunt in the Feingold Courtyard, have branched out in both geography and hue with Lavan ("White"), a bistro ensconced within the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Naturally, the curvy modernist interiors are, like Scandinavia, adult contemporary radio and car sports, posssessed of an read more