Israel’s top foodie, Gil Hovav, a chef, restaurant critic, cookbook author and TV personality, reveals his favorite restaurants. offers up tips this week on Israel’s hottest tables from Tel Aviv-based restaurant critic Gil Hovav. Among his picks: Creative bistro Pastel at the Tel Aviv Museum](http://www.pastel-tlv.com “”); Talbiye, a Jerusalem hotspot from the team behind [Machneyuda…
San Francisco’s Bagel Saviors Amid all the about lousy bagels in the Bay Area comes this welcome bit of news: Evan Bloom and Leo Beckerman of Wise Sons deli will open a bagel shop this month on Fillmore St. in San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Bloom and Beckerman will aim to crank out…
Best Restaurant Name of the Week Blintz and a Bong — “home of the all-day stoner breakfast special” — will open in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighborhood this month. Jewish Leftovers in South Beach Joe’s Stone Crab is one of the spots on a new walking tour of South Beach’s Jewish (if decidedly unkosher) restaurants. Long…
Where will all those tourists get their overstuffed sandwiches? Still Out of Gas at the Carnegie Deli Carnegie Deli, which was in April because of an illegal gas line, will stay shuttered at least another few weeks, the New York Times says. “We’re in the process of paying the necessary fines in order to obtain…
The body of a former White House chef last seen setting off for a hike alone more than a week ago near Taos, New Mexico, has been found, according to media reports. Searchers late Sunday found Walter Scheib, 61, dead in a forest near Taos Ski Valley on the fifth day of the search-and-rescue mission,…
Shalom, y’all. San Antonio’s about to get its first full-fledged falafel spot. But Moshe’s Golden Falafel, which opens mid-June, ain’t any old Middle Eastern joint. It’s the brainchild of James Beard-nominated chef , a San Antonio native who’s a hometown celebrity for hotspots like The Luxury, Il Sogno Osteria, and Sandbar Fish House & Market….
David Levi, chef-owner of Vinland in Portland, Maine. David Levi is a teacher as well as a chef, and, like most teachers, he loves to talk. The other day I sat with him for almost two hours at his restaurant in Portland, Maine, which he opened in January 2014. Vinland’s menu is “Paleo, gluten-free, and…
So Long, Solley’s Craving some brisket or matzo-ball soup from Solley’s in L.A.? Get there fast. The Sherman Oaks eatery will close June 6 after more than 50 years on the same corner, according to the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. A rent increase is to blame. Now owned by the chain, Solley’s “has scores…
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