august-2011

CITY FOCUS
Day Two
■ 9:00 Start your second day at the Namal
– the north port. A functioning port until a
few years ago, it was recently redeveloped
with cafés and restaurants. While these
eateries are good for breakfast, my top
place to pick up food is the Shuk Hanamal
(Hanger 12, the port), a covered market
where you can buy fresh bread, cakes, tapas
and coffee: ideal for taking to the beach.
■ 10:30 From here you can go one of two
ways: either spend the day on the beach
(August is very hot, and the beach will help
you survive), or if you want to see more of
the city, walk from the port to the top of
Dizengoff Street and head south. Dizengoff
is the city’s main shopping street – I
particularly recommend Gertrud (225
Dizengoff Street), a chic womenswear
boutique that used to be opposite our
restaurant but recently moved. We were
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Be choosy about where
you buy your falafel
– Gina’s on Menachem
Begin is the real deal
traumatised when it went, and I make sure
I visit the new location as much as I can!
■ 12:30 You can’t come to Israel and not
have a falafel – but you should be choosy
about where you buy them from. Gina
(126 Menachem Begin Road) is great;
everything is so fresh, it’s the real deal.
■ 14:00 We have a small but interesting
contemporary art scene in the city – two
of my favourite galleries are Hamidrasha
Gallery (34 Dizengoff Street) and Shay
Arie (61 Shlomo Ha Melech). They’re both