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Ha’ Aretz published in November 2008 their Top 10 Favorite pizza places in Israel, Tel-Aviv to be exact. Tel-Aviv is the food capital of Israel, so it’s usually assumed.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1040500.html

Here is the summary of the results:

1.  The Pizza -Bograshov 15

2. Tony Verspa-Rothchild 140, Dizzengoff 267

3. Big Mama-delivery only

4. Beta Pizza- Allenby 60; Lilienblum 21; Ha’Tarucha 3, Tel Aviv Port

5. Il Pizzaiol0- Ben Yehuda 122

6.Agvania ( Tomato in Hebrew) - Sheinkin 19; Dizengoff Center 2nd floor; Ibn Gvirol 31; Azrieli, Menachem Begin 132

7. Pappa’s Pizza  Location- Hillel Ha’Zaken 13

8.Gusto Location- Ha’Nadiv 36.
9.Basilicum ( Basil in Hebrew)-  Florentin 2;Sderot Chen 52

10. Pizza Paza- Ibn Gvirol 102.

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http://www.philadelphia.co.il/

Location:

Totseret Ha-arets 1  Tel-Aviv

Specializing in “Philly” sanwhiches. Philly style beef sandwhiches, Beef and chicken fajitas,

Chicken Teriyaki salad, Greek Salad, Ceaser salad, Hot wings, Dixie home fries, hamburgers,

They carry desserts such as banana splits, chocolate mousse, and cheesecake

You can get an idea of the menu by going to philadelphia.co.il and using google translate, some of the words however don’t translate correclty such as chocolate mousse with infection.

They also are one of the few places to carry American beer, Samuel Adams to be exact.

Located in Jerusalem

http://talsbagelsjerusalem.rest-e.co.il/

This is an add for a KFC special in Israel. 30  Nis for 3 chicken wings, fries and a soft drink. Very expensive compared to the price in the US!

The menu offers chicken sandwhiches, the original fried chicken, fries, coleslaw, corn, chicken salad, and desserts.

KFC is also in the transition phase of going Kosher since March 2009. There are already 3 kosher branches but the other branches are now in the transition phases. The KFC secret recipe had to be altered in order to make it kosher. It turns out that the batter or breading on the chicken contains milk powder and therefore the KFC food laboratory had to modify the recipe and use Soy powder to re-create the same taste.

Hertseliyah 057-938-1610, 057-937-6701

Yakum  057-938-2275

Ramat Gan  057-937-9993

Karmiel  057-938-4494

Jerusalem  057-937-9629

Tel Aviv  057-937-5892, 057-937-7974

Natsrat  057-937-5205

Hulon  057-938-0987

Eilat  057-938-4187

Rishon Letsi-yon  057-938-2217

Mavseret  Zion  057-938-1346

Rehovot  057-938-3262

According to Tiki Golan from Haaretz.co.il  the best ice cream parlors in 2008 in Tel-Aviv were:

Sicilian Ice Cream Parlor

Location: 63 Ibn Gvirol Street

Tel: 03-696 2458

Opening hours: Every day from 11:00-01:30

Behind the counter: Keren and Raphael Arviv

Papa Aldo      www.papaldo.co.il/‎

Location: 107 Ibn Gvirol Street

Also at: Hangar 9, Tel Aviv Port

Tel: 03-529 5555

Opening hours: Sunday-Thursday 09:00-02:00; Friday and Saturday 09:00-03:00

Behind the counter: Rami Arviv and his partner, Tal Suissa

Dolcia Melody

Location: 122 Ben Yehuda (this is the original Papa Aldo branch)

Tel: 03-527 4008

Opening hours: Everyday from 09:00-01:00

Behind the counter: Meir Gor

Almond

Location: At the entrance to Tel Aviv Port on Caf-Gimmel Yordei HaSira Street

Tel: 03-676 0438

Opening hours: Sunday-Thursday 07:00-24:00; Friday and Saturday 24 hours, (during July and August, the store will be open all week, 24 hours a day)

Behind the counter: Meni Sheked and Oren Nissim

Aldo Florentin

Location: 3 Florentin Street

Also at: Tartofu in Neve Tzedek belongs to the same owners

Tel: 03-683 8730

Opening hours: Sunday-Thursday 09:30-02:00; Friday and Saturday 09:30-03:00

Behind the counter: Brother and sister Nir and Adi Avital

Italian Park

Location: 67 Yehuda Maccabi Street

Tel: 03-544 9970

Opening hours: Sunday-Thursday 10:00-23:00; Friday and Saturday 10:00-00:00

Behind the counter: Marina Weinstein

Vaniglia

Location: 22A Ishtori Haparchi Street (off Basel Street)

Also at: 98 Ibn Gvirol Street

Tel: 03-602 0185

Opening hours: Every day 11:00-00:00

Behind the counter: Nitzan and Itai Rogozinski

Iceberg

Location: 108 Ben Yehuda Street

Also at: Iceberg Volcano in Tel Aviv Port and new branch at 24 Ibn Gvirol Street

Tel: 03-522 5025

Opening hours: Sunday-Thursday and Saturday 10:00-01:00; Friday 10:00-02:00

Behind the counter: Ilan and Dalit Bar

Tartufo

Location: 4 Yehuda Hamaccabi Street

Also at: 25 Shabazi Street, Neve Tzedek (the original branch)

Tel: 03-544 2919

Opening hours: Every day from 09:00-00:00

Behind the counter: Milly French and Danny Amira

Arlekino

Location: 39 Ben-Gurion Boulevard, (corner of Gretz Street)

Also at: Dizengoff Street, corner of Yeremiyahu Street

Tel: 03-522 4212

Opening hours: Sunday-Thursday, and Saturday 09:30-00:00

Behind the counter: Ronen Shachori and Ran Fishman

Another “Korean style” yogurt shop in Israel. For some reason it sounds more impressive to market it as “American style”, but we all know that its origins are Korean. For more information on the Korean style yogurt trend, read this New York Times article .

According to this Ynet article, the yogurt comes in ” beef” flavor, sheep’s milk, goat milk and then ” beef” flavor again. I am really hoping this was a type out. In Hebrew the word Bakar means beef and para is the correct term used to describe cow’s milk. Yogo is proud to use unusual and healthy ingredients, but this is going too far don’t you think? There is even mention a beef shake! Maybe this is a sinister plot created by a religious Jewish sect to disgust Israelis so much, that they would never consider mixing meat and milk products again.

Aside from all this weird beef talk. Yogo sounds like a place that I would definetely give a go! I also must give Yogo props for making green efforts! They proudly state on the Ynet article that the cups and silverware used in their shop are all bio-degradable and made of corn and sugar cane.

I hope this green trend continues to spread throughout Israel!

Yogo is located on # 19 Rothchild street Tel Aviv 03-5175777

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http://www.mishloha.co.il/index.asp

http://www.sushi.infogate.de/rest/me_israel_telaviv.htm