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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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Options:

Pizza Toppings: Green olives, black olives, mushrooms, tuna, onions, bell peppers, pineapple, egg, red bell pepper, hot peppers, tomatoes, corn, anchovies, eggplant, bulgarian cheese, extra cheese, artichokes

Prices of Pizza: This pizza chain also works on the 2 for 1 principal. Every pizza you order comes with an additional free pizza.

small ( 4 servings): 42 nis=  $11 plus 7 nis= $2  for a topping 

medium (6 servings)59 nis = $16 plus 8 nis= $2 for a topping

large: ( 8 servings)69 nis= $19 plus 9 nis = $3 for a topping

x-large: (8-12 servings)85 nis =  $23  10 nis= $3 for a

topping

Pastas

pasta with red tomato sauce 22 nis,

pasta with alfredo sauce 25 nis

fettucini ( fresh pasta) with alfredo sacue 30 nis

ravioli stuffed with sweet potato and four cheese and mushroom sacue 30 nis

additional cream sauce 3 nis

creamy scalloped potatoes 25 nis

Calzones ( called Zivas)

all calzones are 19 nis= $5

calzone regular  nis stuffed with seuba cheese ( not mozzerella cheese)

calzone with olives and mozzerella cheese

calzone mozzerella and bulgarian cheese

calzone with mushroom and mozzerella

greek calzone with bulgarina cheese and black olives, onion

additional charge for egg 2 nis=  $.50

 Bali? not sure what that is comes with mozzerela, pizza sauce, and one topping 19 nis=$5

Melawach pizza:flakey pastry dough, in between puff pastry dough and a tortilla, available with the same pizza toppings 19 nis=$5

Melawach flat or rolled  with:

egg and tomato 12 nis= $3

tahini, egg, fresh tomato sauce on the side 13 nis=$3.50

Egg, humus, fresh tomatoe sauce 13nis=$3.50

Egg, olives, and tuna 15 nis= $4

Egg, fresh tomatoe, bulgarian cheese, black olives, onion, Zatar (herb mixture, it has oregano in it) 15 nis= $4

Baked with bulgarian, and hard cheese 15 nis= $4

Egg, bulgarian cheese, mushrooms, tunal, and onion 15 nis= $4

Baked with two sunny side up, and hard cheese 15 nis= $4

Baked with scrambled eggs   15 nis= $4

Jahnoon served with tomato sauce and a hard boiled egg 13 nis= $3.50

Salads:

Greek salad, Tuna salad, Arab Salad ( Israeli salad), 24nis= $6.50 

Garlic Bread

Dessserts

Bavarian? 8 nis= $2

Malabee ( dairy version) 8 nis= $2

Chocolate Mousse, Dulce de Leche 8 nis= $2

Sabrina 10 nis= $3

Cheesecake 8 nis= $2

Kdafe 8 nis= $2

http://www.pizza-prego.com/

Combo meals:

Malawach or Ziva (Calzone) or Jachnun plus salad, plus can of soda 30nis= $8

Salad+garlic bread sticks+can of soda 28nis=$7.50

Calchone (Calzone)+salad+can of soda 21nis=$6

Pizza+salad+can of soda 21nis= $6

Foccacia+salad+can of soda  28nis= $7.50

Pasta+salad+can of soda 35nis= $9.50

PIZZA’s:

Two medium sizes 52nis= $14 one topping for both 8nis=$2

Two large sizes 69nis= $18.5 one topping for both 10nis=$2.7

Two XL sizes 79nis=$21 one topping for both 11nis=$5.6

PASTA:

Spaghetti with mushroom cream sauce 23nis=$6.2

Spaghetti with tomato sauce 23nis=$6.2

SALADS: Build your own salad customized to your taste, does not list choices of ingredients

Small 10nis= $2.7

Medium 20nis= $5.5 (includes free garlic bread)

Large 25nis= $6.75 (includes free garlic bread)

Savory baked goods:

Foccacia drizzled with olive oil, mozzerella cheese,  and a topping of your choice:  eggplant, bell peppers, bulgarian cheese, black olives, tomatoes, green olives, onion

no price listed

calzone: also drizzled with olive oil, mozzerela cheese, choice of topping: (recomended toppings) eggplant, olives, cheeses

garlic bread stix with dipping garlic sauce

sweet potato baked specialty has sweet potatoes, sauteed onions, and covered wtih sesame seeds

Yemenite dishes:

Ziva- stuffed with olives, cheese, bulgarian cheese, hard cheese, mushrooms, covered with sesame seeds

Melawach-regular or pizza, served wtih tomato sacue and hard boiled egg

Jahnoon-also served with tomato sacue and hard boiled egg

Minium order 35nis=$9.5

http://www.pizza1plus1.com/pizza1%2B1/

http://www.rest.co.il/sites/Default.asp?txtRestID=8231`

Toppings include: mozzerela cheese, tomatoes, red bell peppers, hot peppers, feta cheese, green bell peppers, tuna, green olives,

garlic bread, spicy bread stix

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salads

pastas

link:

http://pizzahut.co.il/

http://2for1pizza.biz/

This pizza chain claims everything is fresh including the tomato sauce is made from fresh tomatoes. All orders come with an extra pizza for free.

There are 3 sizes: medium, large, xlarge

 toppings include: cheese, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, hot peppers, green olives, black olives, onions, mushrooms, artichokes, tuna, anchovies, corn, bulgarian cheese

salads:

greek salad, tuna on green salad, garden salad,

garlic bread

ice cream,

http://www.dominos.co.il/v2/default.asp

topping choices: ostrich meat!, entrecote steak, pepperoni, pastrami, eggplant, tomatos, bulgarian cheese, anchovies, tuna, extra cheese, hot peppers, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, green or black olives, corn, pineapple, sauteed hot peppers, sweet potatoes, zuchini

$23 is how much an average plain cheese pizza costs

They also offer appetizers: wings, garlic bread sticks, cheezy bread, chicken strips with dipping sauce

Salads: Green salad with tuna, Greek salad, Salad with Steak strips on top ( they call it Entrecote here)

Corn on the Cob

they also offer haagen daaz ice cream and or chocoalte cake for dessert

domino’s pizza Israel link

http://www.dominos.co.il/v2/default.asp

Somehow this company was able to get away with avoding any copyright or trademark infringements. It is a direct competitor of domino’s pizza here in Israel and is a very succesful pizza delivery chain here. A small garden salad is about $7.50 and A large garden salad is about $10.00. This is pretty expensive compared to an American pizza chain. However what you get for $7.50 is a lot more. The quality of the vegetables is higher then what you would find at a high end market such as Whole foods. There is no extra charge for a scoop of tuna on your salad. The equivalant of a large cheese pizza is about  $17. Here a large is considered Huge. What is consdired Jumbo here is considered Large in the US. What is considered Large in Israel is considered medium in the US. What is considered a ” small family” pizza in Israel is considered small in the US. What is considered a personal pizza in Israel is pretty equivalent to a personal pizza in the US.

This is the link to the company website:

http://www.pizzadomino.com/HTMLs/article.aspx?C2004=839&BSP=822&BSS21=839&BSCP=822&BSS647=11988&BSCP=11986

Here is a link to one of the locations, so you can see what the food and prices look like:

http://www.domino-pt.co.il/HTMLs/article_list.aspx?C2003=11978&BSP=822&BSS21=11978&BSCP=822&BSS22=11977&BSCP=826