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Arabica
This pastel-painted European-style café is big on homemade items - everything is made from scratch. The menu is geared towards the sandwich and salad crowd, and caffeine lovers will appreciate the 100% pure Arabica coffee.
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B Bagels
This small eatery sells bagels with cream cheese, lox and other toppings. It's next to the Carmel Centre subway station.
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Beneno
An artsy café shuttered in a quiet neighbourhood halfway up the mountain, Beneno serves a simple menu of sandwiches, soups and salads. Its closest landmark is the Shrine of the Bab so it does tend to get a few Baha'i pilgrims. It's also a meeting place for Haifa's gay and lesbian community. It's a short walk from the Masada subway station.
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Canibar Village
A play on words gives this meat restaurant and bar combo its name. The interior design is one of stone walls and vines, but it's made hip by the blood red lighting and flat panel TVs that show music videos. It's a popular place for lunch among the downtown business set, but gets going as a singles bar after dark. Come on a Friday night before stepping into Luna dance club, next door.
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Dinner Rush
A concept bar, this one has the bartenders doubling as chefs who serve up American diner-style food - pasta, burgers and chicken wings. Portions are large, reasonably priced and usually satisfying, but avoid the disappointing goulash. The food comes up hot and fast; it's right next to the Gan Ha'em metro station.
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Douzan
Douzan means 'to tune an instrument.' Likewise the atmosphere and food in this restaurant is meant to tune your senses. Decorated with old clocks, musical instruments, antique furnishings and velvet cushions, owner Fadi Najar has created a harmonious atmosphere and is proud that both Arabs and Jews dine together under his roof. The food is all home cooked, prepared by Fadi's mother Leila.
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Fatoush
Set up like a medieval Arabic house, complete with burgundy cushions, nargileh (water pipes) and candle lamps, Fatoush is an atmospheric and popular restaurant serving a fusion of Western and Middle Eastern cuisine. It's named after a kind of salad eaten by poor people of the Levant - a Middle Eastern version of peasant pie - but there is much more to the menu than fatoush .
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Felafel Michelle
Serves up what many locals claim to be the best felafel in Haifa. As you are walking east on Wadi Nisas Rd, look for the hole-in-the-wall on the left side of the road.
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Greg Coffee
Decorated with kettles and jars of spices and coffee beans, Greg might remind you of your mom's kitchen back home. Aside from the homy feel, you get excellent coffee and brownies, while laptop users can access the free wi-fi.
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Hashmura 1872
The premier dining address in the German Colony, Hashmura 1872 does a range of pasta, chicken, steak and lamb dishes, but the speciality is seafood. Shrimp, carpaccio (thinly sliced raw fish) or squid starters cost around ₪39 to around ₪55 , and salmon, bream or mussel mains are around ₪72 to around ₪80 .
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Jacko Seafood
Something of a Haifa institution, Jacko has been a consistent purveyor of seafood dishes for the past 30 years. Top marks to the excellent fish dishes, including salmon, bream, bass, shark, triggerfish and St Peter's fish. These can be prepared a half-dozen ways; try the house speciality, the Jacko, cooked in butter, garlic and white wine. Other underwater critters (calamari, crab or shrimp) are also available, plus there are grilled Turkish kebabs.
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Mandarin
Step off busy HaNassi Ave, down past a gardenlike entrance with the sign 'Mandarin' and you'll assume you're headed for a Chinese restaurant. Where you actually end up is a quaint café with a wood deck and cosy interior set to a soundtrack of funk and blues. The menu features soups, salads, big sandwiches and pastas. There is live jazz on Thursdays and free wi-fi for laptop users.
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Mayan Habira
Serving up the 'soul food' of Haifa, this restaurant can place before you parts of animals that you may have never tasted before. The classically Eastern European menu, created by the Romanian family that runs the place, includes jellied calf's foot, gefilte fish, chopped liver and petshai (boiled calf's leg). You can also try kreplach , a meat-stuffed dumpling known affectionately as a 'Jewish wonton.'
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Shamli
Putting a twist on shwarma, this small eatery serves grilled meats and sausages (as opposed to meat cut from a spit) inside pita with various toppings.
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Yan Yan
Friendly downtown place serving excellent Chinese and Vietnamese fare. The Chinese business lunch costs around ₪40 and in the evening there's an around ₪50 l-you-can-eat special. Prices are cheaper for takeaway, making it a popular option for travellers staying in the nearby Port Inn.
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