Restaurant

The burgers are made from prime Israeli beef, ground on site and served on lightly toasted buns with a top-secret sauce.

The opening of a new, kosher, meat restaurant, Zacks Brasserie, is sure to put Rehovot on the map of must-visit sites for both local and visiting foodies.

This is not so much a restaurant as a show put on by the chefs, who present their offerings in a flamboyant and theatrical way, which induces a very special sense of camaraderie among the patrons.

Some of the franchise owners have risen through the ranks in the restaurants. The chefs here are all from Thailand. The only kosher branches are in Hadera and Nahariya, with more are slated to open.

It boasts not only a wide variety of gourmet pizzas and pasta dishes, but it also doubles as a neighborhood sports bar, with original cocktails, mocktails, wines, beers, and a sports screen.

“We wanted to deepen our ties to Eretz Yisrael,” he told me. “What we eat is an expression of who we are, and we wanted to bring fine dining to the kosher market.”

Katzir restaurant opens at the Kempinski Hotel.

At the Sunset Kitchen restaurant, dinner patrons are invited to be in their seats by 7:20 p.m. so they can enjoy the beautiful sunset, which gives the place its name.

In Aramaic, nura means “fire,” and there is a tabun and a grill in the restaurant’s kosher kitchen.

I have visited Bet Melchett, the restaurant, several times in the last few years and always found it to be a lovely place for breakfast and lunch.

Entrecote is an enjoyable dining experience for anyone who appreciates fine food and fine dining.