Every trendy nightlife district, no matter what city, has to have the hang-out restaurant where revelers either gather forces before striking out for the bars or join together afterward to lick their alcohol-inflicted wounds. Preferably these restaurants should serve some kind of food that's not particularly good for you, but makes you feel better. In Israel, this culinary niche is handily filled by the Belgian waffle, and bustling late-night restaurant and bar district Shlomtzion Hamalka is home to Waffle Bar – which is pretty much exactly what its name implies.

Open until 03:00 every night, Waffle Bar serves its namesake food to Jerusalem's hippest night owls, transporting these culture makers to their safe place with waffles coated in whipped cream, vanilla syrup, chocolate syrup, raspberry syrup, all manner of fruits both fresh and preserved by sheer force of sugar, and more. There are few better foods for soaking up six whiskey shots at 2:30 in the morning.