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Our guide to Jerusalem cafes and bars with Wireless Internet

Our guide to Jerusalem cafes and bars with Wireless Internet

Following on from our guide to the cafes and bars in Tel Aviv that have wireless Internet, it’s the turn of Jerusalem to show us what she’s got. We know that Jerusalem is one heck of a Holy city, but does it have the Internet access to keep a wired up (without the wires) bevy [...]

Our guide to Tel Aviv cafes and bars with Wireless Internet

Our guide to Tel Aviv cafes and bars with Wireless Internet

Tel Aviv has got the coffee. Lots of it. But does it have the Internet to go with it, so that you can drink an espresso while checking your emails, or surf while waiting for friends? Of course it does! In fact, you just might be impressed at the extensive Internet availability throughout The [...]

Tal Bagels, Tel Aviv

Tal Bagels, Tel Aviv

Tal Bagels in Tel Aviv is a place that seems to have been around for donkeys years (in fact, it’s been around since 1996). And it’s also one of those places that you always pass on your way through central Tel Aviv and catch yourself thinking “Oh yeh, I really fancy a bagel…” before something [...]

Coffee in Israel - enough to bring on the Coffee Drinker’s Blues!

Coffee in Israel - enough to bring on the Coffee Drinker’s Blues!

I had some trouble choosing a topic this week. First I considered the challenges of learning Hebrew from scratch. I also kicked around the topic of adjusting to Israel’s Sunday-through-Thursday workweek. After engaging in a staring contest with my computer monitor a little while and surfing around my favorite sites for procrastination inspiration, I got [...]

Our guide to the best cafes in Tel Aviv

Our guide to the best cafes in Tel Aviv

For a first-time visitor to Tel Aviv, the sheer number of cafes can be a bit confusing. Where are the best ones? Or where are the cafes that suit your style? Below are my own recommendations. It’s a very incomplete list, and you might discover a hidden gem that I haven’t experienced yet, but I [...]

Foccacia, Jerusalem

Foccacia, Jerusalem

Located just off central Jerusalem’s Ben Yehuda promenade, in a typical Jerusalem courtyard, Foccacia Bar has a menu that should keep anybody happy, including meats, pastas, salads, seafood, desserts and, of course, foccacias. On the two occasions we’ve been there, the Thai noodles went down very well, while the kids seemed very content with pizzas. 
The [...]

Tel Aviv - the world's cafe capital

Tel Aviv - the world’s cafe capital

Over the past decade, Tel Aviv replaced Paris as the world’s capital of café culture. A bold claim, you say? Indeed. But undeniably true, nonetheless. While cafes are closing all over France for lack of business, new ones are opening all over Tel Aviv. You can hardly walk more than 50 meters, anywhere in the [...]