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Mantra, a gourmet chef restaurant and wine bar located in the prestegious Feingold courtyard in the heart of Jerusalem, is housed in a pastoral 120 year old structure complete with a romantic outdoor courtyard. Head chef Yaakov Elisha invites you to enjoy a culinary experience of delectable meat, seafood and fish dishes, alongside fresh hand-made pasta. The desserts, also made on site, will leave read more

Occupying a coveted corner spot on the ever-trendy Emek Refaim, HaMoshava 54 boasts a bright, sun-splashed interior courtesy of its glass walls, and an interior that evokes historical and modern Jerusalem mostly via tiles (traditional Middle Eastern on the floor, modern pop-artsy on the wall).

The bill of fare adheres comfortably to the current German Colony tradition read more

An appropriately named Jerusalem soul food landmark, Chatzot (midnight) serves up Jerusalem's favorite meat dishes until the late night (which, for this sometimes-sleepy town, is about midnight). Walk down Agrippas Street past the market and chances are you'll get hit by the drifting aroma of fried onions, sizzling oil and spiced meat – that would be Chatzot.

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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

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

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

Café de Paris recently opened in the heart of Jerusalem's Rehaviah neighborhood, boasting a refreshingly different kosher dairy menu designed by chef Marcus Gershkowitz. The café restaurant and bar has a European look and feel to it, featuring three separate spaces. The roomy indoor main space is outfitted with several colorful and different seating options, couches, and a large 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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Even though it runs right into busy King George Street, one of the main thoroughfares of downtown Jerusalem, HaMa'alot street is an oasis of sylvan calm. Tucked away beneath the boughs of HaMa'alot's trees, Link makes the most of its placid, sun-dappled location. By day, the restaurant is part cafe, part cosmopolitan bistro - at night, the cafe aspect yields to the bar as Link transforms 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