Long before it became a major tourist attraction and a hipster haven, the Mahane Yehuda Market was a blue collar market in a workers neighborhood, and the restaurant scene was dominated by home cooking joints that served tasty yet affordable dishes you’d find on an average Israeli table.
While trendy bars and restaurants have almost completely taken over, there are still a few home cooking holdouts that Israelis and visitors alike can’t get enough of, notable for serving some of the best hummus, kubeh and other dishes from the traditional Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and North African kitchens.