Lupo Salad and Fish Deli occupies number six Merkhavya Street within the Levinsky Market. The shop maintains a nineteen-fifties aesthetic and has been operated by the same family for over fifty years, preserving a traditional deli…
Levinsky Market Balkan Flavors
This walk takes you through the legacy shops and culinary stalls of southern Tel Aviv's most authentic street market. You will sample slow-salted fish, fresh-baked Balkan doughs, and handmade herbal infusions while tracing the roots of Greek and Turkish Jewish immigrants.
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1. Lupo salad & fish deli
2. חבשוש אריה
The spice shop at number eighteen HaKhalutzim Street is identifiable by its overflowing sacks of dried herbs, peppers, and unique blends that scent the air of the Levinsky Market. Founded in nineteen thirty-one by Eliezer Habshush after he…
3. Haim Rafael
Haim Rafael is a long-standing delicatessen located at thirty-six Levinsky Street within the busy Levinsky Market. It is identified by the consistent queue of locals waiting outside, a feature as common as the smell of cured olives, salted…
4. Yom Tov Deli
Yom Tov Deli is a compact storefront at forty-three Levinsky Street, recognizable by the jars of pickled vegetables, specialty cheeses, and stacked containers of olives lining its narrow entrance. It sits within the Levinsky Market, an…
5. Burekas Penso
Burekas Penso occupies a storefront on Levinsky Street, recognizable by the scent of baked phyllo dough and the traditional Turkish pastries that have been produced here for over seventy years. Founded by the Penso family after they…
6. Cafe Levinsky
Cafe Levinsky forty-one is a tiny, four-by-six-meter kiosk recognized by the weathered truck parked outside, which holds planters filled with overflowing fresh herbs and edible plants. Inside the space, rows of glass jars packed with…
7. Tavlinsky
Tavlinsky is a spice shop located at number fifty-seven Levinsky Street, a thoroughfare famous for the marketplace that bears its name. The shop is easily identified by the distinct aroma of freshly ground spices that drifts onto the…