The most equal markets in the country

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All food lovers and foodies already know - real culinary experiences are mostly in the markets, and in Israel there are some really wonderful markets, where quite a few delicious adventures are happening

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700 parking spaces and booths in the Beer Sheva market (Photo: Afik Gabay)

Beer Sheva Market (Photo: Afik Gabay, PR)

Beer Sheva Market

Beersheba Market is within walking distance of Beersheba Central Station and its booths are organized so that each area has booths with a specific and very easy to find location, an important detail in a huge market with about 700 shops and booths. It has very old booths that are already a fourth generation of the same family, indicating how old this market is.

What to eat? Miri’s Tunisian sandwich which is the city’s most famous frixe; Falafel Jacques, an institution in Be'er Sheva, operated by Moses and Mazal, Jacques's children, who also serve a famous Paul; Sammy and his horse, the famous Romanian grill restaurant with the well-known kebab; Faith Kebab - another famous kebab in the market area;

Night market: A night tour of the hot spots of Mahane Yehuda

what to buy? Spices in Zion spices, from the oldest stores in the city run by Rami and Benny Mercy, the sons of Zion flats and create a huge variety of spice blends for all the testimony of Israel; Spices and other products from India at Indian spice shop Mount Zion spices; Fresh green leaves in Olga's green kingdom; Fruits in the Dayan family fruit stand called Fruit 10; Fine meat from the Kardi butcher shop, an experienced butcher family where meat handling skills have been passed down from a white father for several generations; Fish in the "Fisherman's Corner" which is not far from the Kardi butchery and more.

Borax Sisu at Ramla Market (Photo: Afik Gabay)

Ramla Market Tour (Photo: Afik Gabay)

Ramla Market

Ramla Market is one of the oldest markets in the country and where for over 100 years it has been sold for tastes, vegetables and spices in the city of Ramla. The market contains a mix of fresh ingredients, authentic food stalls and restaurants of all denominations and origins, as befits a mixed city where there is coexistence every day. Almost all of the booths are located on Jabotinsky Street, which is the main street of the market, and this is a must-see destination for culinary enthusiasts, who even the city has guided tours here.

What to eat? Haim Bokobza's Tunisian Sandwich, which is a take-out on Friksa just from a different bun and the famous 4x4 serving of the place in a quarter of a loaf of white bread; Cistern borax which runs daily until the borax then runs out of speed; Naji’s well-known Iraqi restaurant with the community’s cube pots, soups and stews; The couscous, the fermented, the meatballs and the Jerusalem mixed in at the Double Bite home restaurant; The famous Indian restaurant and shop Maharaja; Hummus Flute is a must have culinary destination and more.

what to buy? Olives, pickles, salads, smoked fish, cheeses, sausages, a variety of home-made pantry and sourdough products at the famous Carmel Cranberry stall; Legumes and spices in the famous Davidi Spring & Sons store; Pumpkin, garlic and sweet potato in Eli Matzalawi's stall, which has been selling only these three vegetables for years of rare quality; Vegetables and leaves, some rare, in Bassem's stall; Beautiful fruits at Solomon Sultana's fruit stand; Vegetables, some self-growing, in the Issa family stall and more.

Checho's promo in Netanya market (Photo: Afik Gabay)

From Checho, Netanya Market (Photo: PR, Afik Gabay)

Netanya Market

The Netanya market was established in the late 1950s by Libyan and Tunisian immigrants, over the years it has grown and today it has hundreds of booths and shops and it is possible to get just about anything. It's also a great place to eat with plenty of delicacies, working restaurants and cool fast food stalls.

What to eat? Herzl's Burika is a family stall that has been around for 60 years and serves the famous Tunisian Tripolitan dish; Grilled chicken and other home-cooked foods at its Bauron family store also include Poplar Butchery; The famous Falafel Musa; The Diamant family's Tunisian sandwich stand can also be reached with fresh fish from nearby germs that will fry you on the spot; The Triple Cecho restaurant with its fuse position which is already a giving institution and more.

what to buy? Leaves and greenery, some relatively rare, in the impressive leafy and vegetable stand of the Rami and Albert Yumtovian brothers; Fruits and vegetables, some less common, in Rachel Romano’s longtime stall that continues her father’s path; Sausages, cheeses, olives and homemade salads in the Deli Garden Deli stand; Meats at the excellent Bouaron family butcher shop; Fish from Gemstone is a fishing family booth and more.

Homemade Cuba at Basha in the Petah Tikva Market (Photo: Afik Gabay)

Homemade Cuba at Basha, Petah Tikva Market (Photo: Afik Gabay, PR)

Petah Tikva Market

The Petah Tikva Market exists from the days when the city was just a small colony. Built in the letter A, two entrances on Baron Hirsch Street and a third on David Meir Gutman Street, it is packed with shops and booths, many of which have been around for decades. The market itself and the streets around it have bakeries, home-based restaurants and delicatessen.

What to eat? Regular roast chicken at Ofala is a 25-year-old restaurant that offers a variety of home-cooked food to eat or take home; Traditional bakery bread baked in a special oven, as well as Iraqi pies with hot tabun, cookies stuffed with dates and baked bakery treats filled with pumpkin in the bakery Moshe; Skewers and hummus at Basha restaurant; Hot and fresh cobanna and other baked goods in the Salouf Bakery; Skewers and Iraqi Ijah in the Skewers of the Priests; Sambusk filling with hummus or meat at Murdoch; Iraqi Cubs of all kinds in Zion's Cub Stand and more.

what to buy? Green vegetables and roots in the beautiful stand of tremendous vegetable; Fresh fish at Ethan Fish's 70 year old booth; Spices, legumes and dried fruits in the "spice" booth next to Eitan Fish; Yair, who used to be a special farmer and vegetable; Meats at the famous and old-time Kozzi butchery; 50 types of olives, pickles, cool cheeses, tahini, halva, olive oil and smoked fish and preserved in the brother-in-law's deli and more.

Figs in Afula market (Photo: Afik Gabay)

Beer Sheva Market (Photo: Afik Gabay, PR)

Afula Market

In the Afula market, something good has been going on lately, apart from the old stalls and Bastas, quite a few fast food stalls and even one new restaurant opened, there is a real culinary event that characterizes markets like Carmel or Mahane Yehuda in a calm and unpretentious northern atmosphere.

What to eat? A few months ago, the market opened 34 chefs-confectioners Dotan Assis and Asaf Heiblum, which is a cool chef's restaurant that responds to all the right trends in food; The "Ashkenazi" is a meat coaster of the same two where dishes can be ordered in the pita, lapa or plate like poppy, kebab, brisket and asado; Sandwiches in a braised challah bun with shakshuka, falafel or patties in the "Eight" stall; Kanapa with Turkish ice cream or strawberries and mascarpone at "Musa Kanapa Hebrew"; Colored donuts at Crazy Donuts; Falafel in the mythological Falafel Abu Nasser and more.

what to buy? A huge variety of vegan delicacies in the relatively new vegan deli "Tyra" and more.

Buckwheat in Nazareth candy market in Old Acre (Photo: Afik Gabay)

Nazareth Sweets, Acre Market (Photo: Afik Gabay, PR)

Acre Market

Acre Market is one of the oldest in the country, full of spice shops, small restaurants, ornaments and clothing stores, and everything runs inside the lively little alleys, with the scent of the incense and coffee, and the sea breeze coming from the other side of the walls.

what are we eating? Short term but for example Said hummus, perhaps the most famous hummus in the entire northern region; Kanapa and Baklavas at the veteran Kashash Candy Store; Falafel in falafel Arafa which is a contemporary institution; Falafel, chickpeas and stews at the wonderful Shamsier restaurant; In the foothills and more in Nazareth sweets; Sugarcane juice in stalls scattered in the market and much more.

What do you buy? Coffee and spices at the most famous store in the Kurdish and British markets; At every corner you will find leaves and greenery that the residents of the area collected and brought here to the market for sale; Arabic kitchen utensils from Finjan to cups, bowls and trays; Fresh fish and seafood at the family stand Fish Rice a-Dura in front of hummus Said and more.

The Talpiot market in Haifa (Photo: Afik Gabay)

Talpiot Restaurant, Haifa Talpiot Market (Photo: Afik Gabay, PR)

Haifa Talpiot Market

The Wadi Nisnas Market in Haifa is also a wonderful market, but Talpiot Market offers a more distinct combination of new and old, younger generation restaurants and shops, along with estates and stalls of the old generation. There are mainly fruits and vegetables, spices and pantries scattered around the closed market structure and Sirkin Street that surrounds it, where you will also find other culinary attractions.

what are we eating? Portions of fish and seafood and alcohol in Talpiot, Hamara of Talpiot market and pioneer of market restaurants; Drink coffee at Talc - coffee in the Talpiot market; Vegetarian and vegan food at Eran Ben Harosh's Food Tasting House; Excellent pizza at Talpiot Pizza; Warm and wonderful commentary on the little stall called the bakery; Tunisian Sandwich in Djerba; Drink home beer at the brewery in the market and more.

what to buy? Fresh fish and seafood at Kamel Odeh fish; Legumes and spices at Itzik in Sirkin 27; Specialty vegetables and fruits at Itzik's vegetable stand at Sirkin 28; Vegan deli products in the delicacies of the Hebrew Negroes; Healthy cooking workshops at Vered Fern's studio and more.

Hope Market (Photo: Afik Gabay)

Tour of Hope Market (Photo: Afik Gabay)

The Hope Market

Hope Market is the anti-hero of the Carmel Market, is less cool and less popular, but it is full of charm and authenticity and has its own character. There are very old booths there and over the past two years some new culinary spots have opened there that have brought a fresh spirit to the market.

What to eat? Salouf, Kaunas, Home Jhannon, Malawi and also Hummus and Shakshuka in Salouf; Exotic fruits in the stand of page 53; Doves of all kinds at David Habib's Cube Restaurant; A three-ounce float kebab that has already become an institution; Yemenite food at the Boaz brothers; Modern and colorful market food at the relatively new cube restaurant and more.

what to buy? Bukhari baked goods and specialty breads like the halpyushka baked on the side of the oven, or a gosh-gag in the bakery's bakery; Olives, home-made pickles and salads, smoked fish, specialty cheeses, sausages, tahini, thickets made in the place and a variety of pantry products in the Amiga deli; Rare spices in Naama spices; Fine coffee in oriental coffee and more.

At the Carmel Market (Photo: Nimrod Saunders)

Samuel (Photo: Nimrod Saunders)

Carmel Market

The Carmel Market is one of the largest and busiest in the country, and the short story describes the cultural culinary experience that this market can offer, from its old basset with vegetables and fruits, cheese shops, fish and meat, and fast food stands based on the market's fresh produce. carnival.

What to eat? What not. Kebab with Samuel; Burica at the famous Burica booth; Meat sandwiches at the new Yiddish Mama sandwich shop stand; Marvelous fishing sandwiches in the Carmel 40 fish stall; Juices squeezed in hope; Real Georgian food in Lily Ben Shalom's; Steaks and meatloaf at the excellent M25 restaurant; Coffee at the old coffee shop market; Bake with meat at Benny Drexler's; Pretzels in Solomon's booth and much more.

what to buy? Halva of all kinds in the milking stall and candy; Green leaves shining umbrellas in the "everything green" booth; Smoked and canned fish made by the veteran fish center stall; Crackers, dried fruits, spices, legumes and canned crackers; Herbs and Herbs at Turkish Saul drowned in Carmel; Asian vegetables in the Asian stall on Good Day 10 and much more.

Mahane Yehuda Market (Photo: Noam Moskowitz)

The Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, September 2017 (Photo: Noam Moskowitz, Walla System! NEWS)

Mahane Yehuda Jerusalem Market

There is no one who knows Camp Yehuda the most famous market in the country and it attracts thousands of visitors every day, locals, tourists, and Israelis from all over the country. Huge and divergent in all directions, it offers an endless selection of stalls and foods, and most of the atmosphere there is in no other market. It has sub-markets like the Iraqi market and the Georgian market, plus lots of alleys and crossings to recognize, which at night, unlike any other market, are once again becoming life-long and crowded markets.

What to eat? Excellent pizza at the Casino de Paris at the Georgian Market; Empandes in Arento; Famous home food in Azora; Fine ice cream at a muslin branch in the market; Great Fish & Chips on Strawberry Street; Hummus bug 1; Khakpuri in Khakpuriya; Urban cinnamon rolls; Pita is full of goodness in Deviney; Tapas of Mercy's granddaughter, from the veteran institutions of the market, at Samantha Jones; Skewers at Morris; Hamburger pastry in the kitchen and lots more.

what to buy? Ethiopian spices, coffee and Injera in Ethiopia store; Fresh fish in fish boiler; Pickles In the 60-year-old pickle shop Cohen Pickles; Specialty vegetables at the Mizrahi family stall; Natural juices and potions of potatoes and jams in the Uruguayan man; Halva in the Halva Kingdom and much more.