Dallas Restaurant, 68 Ezel St. , in Ha-Tikva neighborhood, a few blocks
past the shuk. Bus #15 and 16 go past the restaurant. Outstanding Yemenite restau-
rant serves up every cow part, including heart (NIS13), testicles (NIS10), and udder
(NiS 10). Open Su-Th noon-2am, F llam-lhr. before sundown, Sa 8:30pm-2am. О
New York Bagel, 215 Ben-Yehuda St. , above Jabotinsky St. Something
from the diaspora makes a welcome return to Israel, namely bagels (NIS3), with cream
cheese (NIS13) and nova lox (NIS22). Open Su-Th 7:30am-llpm, F 7am-3pm. в
El Gaucho's, 57 Pinsker St. , just off Dizengoff Square. The beef is almost
as tender as the loving care extended by the waitstaff of this Argentinian steakhouse.
Business lunch includes steak, fries, salad, and a drink (NIS49; served M-F noon-6pm).
Open Su-Th noon-11:30pm, Sa after sundown-midnight.
Off Side , at the intersection of Ben-Yehuda and Idelson St. Look for the
neon chicken. The half-chicken and two veggie sides are as close as you can get to
mom's homemade dishes in under 5 minutes (NIS30, less for take-out). Open Su-Th
lOam-llpm, F 10am-2:30pm.
Central Tel Aviv
ft ACCOMMODATIONS
Dizengoff Square Hotel, 6
Gordon Hostel, 1
Gordon Inn Guest Hous
Ha-Yarkon 48 Hostel, 18
Home Hostel, 22
Hotel Nes Ziona, 16
The Mograby Hostel, 20
Momo's Hostel, 12
N Hostel, 3
Noa Hostel, 11
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Big Mama, 25
El Gaucho's, 8
Falafel 101, 5
Itzik Ve'Ruthie, 26
OffSide, 17
A Taste of Life, 7
Thai House Restaurant, 10
Yotvata Ba'lr, 15
Ш PUBS
The Buzz Stop, 14
He-She, 29
Joey's Bar, 21
Lola, 23
The Out, 32
J) NIGHTLIFE
Azimu9
Camelot, 13
Daniel's Punchnight, 31
Fetish, 27
The International Dance Bar, 4
Pacha, 30
The Scene, 24
The Second Floor, 28
Soweto, 9
Thai House Restaurant, 8 Bograshov St. , just off Ben-Yehuda St. This
restaurant brings a delicately spiced taste of the Far East to the Middle East. Their spe-
cialties are coconut milk casseroles (NIS38-58), but Pad Thai (NIS28) is served too.
Top it all off with a fried banana in mango sauce (NIS12). Open daily noon-1 lpm.
fl CAFES
Crowd-gazing is an art in Tel Aviv; chairs on the sidewalk and cafe-au-lait can be
found just about anywhere in the city. Sheinken St. one of the hippest promenades
in town, has a long tradition of artsy liberalism. Along Ben-Yehuda, Dizengoff, and
Ibn Gvirol, three parallel streets, a number of cafes serve local neighborhood folk
and weary shoppers alike. Basel St. (near its intersection with Ibn Gvirol St. a
block above Jabotinsky St.) recently sprouted its own crop of chichi cafes for hip-
per-than-thou Sheinken expats.
TamarCafe, 57 Sheinken St. , provides a quintessential Sheinken experi-
ence. Immortalized in a song by the Israeli pop trio Mango ("Living on Sheinken/drink-
ing coffee at the Tamar Cafe/my dream is to make a short film"), the Tamar is crammed
with locals arguing about who's more liberal. Open Su-Th 7am-8pm, F 7am-5pm.
Babblefish, 13 Rabbi Akiva , near the corner of Najara St. to the right of
the shuk from Allenby. This adorable, cherry-pink hole-in-the-wall cafe serves a mean
sangria (NIS12) and cheap salads (NIS15-20). Live percussion and funk DJ on Friday
nights. Open Su-F noon-2am.
Ilan's Coffee Shop, 90 Ibn Gvirol St. Tables are a prized commodity in
Tel Aviv's first espresso bar. Renowned for their fantastic home brew "Angela Mia"
(NIS6-16), they also recently crossed the fence into the whole-leaf tea business (NIS6-
14). Another location at 20 Carlebach St. Open Su-Th 6:30am-10pm, F 6:30am-3pm.
Kassit, 117 Dizengoff St. The elderly clientele screaming at each other
were the Bohemians and poets who made Kassit the classic Dizengoff political cafe.