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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

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

Chef restaurant Pini's Kitchen opened in the summer of 2013 on the ever trendy Emek Refaim Street, with renowned, veteran chef Pini Levy at the helm. The restaurant serves up an eclectic variety of Greek, Mediterranean and European style dishes. Levy, who has over 40 years of experience in the culinary industry, is a household name in the restaurant business, having established the mythological 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

Link Teamon is a Jerusalem bar housed in the mythic "Ta'amon" restaurant location. The restaurant boasts a warm atmosphere with a wink to traditional Jewish comfort food accompanied by a well stocked bar in the style of the Link family of eateries.

The menu focuses on Eastern-European/Israeli style dishes. The restaurant is kosher style 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

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

Opened in 2005 in a sizable lot located adjacent to the capital's defunct train station, and part of a growing restaurant/bar empire in the city, Colony has emerged as a Jerusalem hot spot, so much so that it has seduced other bars into planting themselves nearby and transforming the area into the city's most popular bar compound.

Colony certainly raises the read more

Located on Jabotinsky Street right across the street from Liberty Bell Park, the Inbal Hotel and Yemin Moshe's famous windmill, Olive and Fish is a retro-designed restaurant that creates a warm atmosphere featuring authentic photographs of generations of Jerusalemites and images of picturesque Jerusalem.

Olive and Fish is a kosher restaurant specializing in Mediterranean read more

Inside the upscale Crowne Plaza Hotel is Kohinoor, an elegant but relaxed Indian restaurant serving authentic cuisine from the Persian-influenced northern subcontinent.

Rina Pushkarna, Kohinoor's co-owner and head chef, was born in Delhi to a Jewish family and married into a Brahmin family at age 16. Her husband was a captain in the Merchant Marines, so for nine years, she read more

Much like its angelic namesake usually does in the Bible and Quran, Gabriel comes bearing a timely message: diners need not choose between bending to the dictates of a higher power and those of international haute cuisine. Fine dining can be kosher, and Gabriel is the proof.

Right around the corner from hopping nightlife district Shlomtzion HaMalka Street, Gabriel read more