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Culinary history
A short food history of Jerusalem
Jerusalem's food grew out of its communities: the Old City's Arab bakeries and hummus houses, and the Kurdish, Iraqi, Moroccan, Yemenite, Persian and Ashkenazi kitchens of the neighborhoods built outside the walls from the 19th century on.
Mahane Yehuda market, which began in the late Ottoman period, is still the city's kitchen, and much of Jerusalem's restaurant scene keeps kosher.
Food quarters
- 01Mahane YehudaThe market by day, bars and grills by night.
- 02The Old CityHummus houses, sweets and bakeries inside the walls.
- 03Agrippas StreetHome of the mixed grill, next to the market.
- 04Emek RefaimCafés and restaurants in the German Colony.