A Celebratory Menu at Kilometerage
Idan Bushari's vibrant restaurant on Tel Aviv's promenade celebrates its second anniversary with an homage to the sea and a spotlight on one of the season's standout stars.
The special Albacore menu at Kilometerage, available alongside the restaurant's regular offerings until the fishermen call it quits, features a mix of quick-cured albacore and red tuna with skordalia, albacore tataki with soy-citrus ponzu, albacore sashimi on oven-charred apricot with cream, a dish dubbed "Albacore Tartare Meets Baby Pita with Our Preserved Lemon Aioli, Brianz Onions, and Arissa Spices," spoon-eaten albacore on the bone with a personal herb mix, and a toro albacore steak with foie gras and wine sauce on toasted bread.
Mangal Nights, Cafe Europa
The long-standing food bar on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv celebrates summer with a careful blend of savory smoke and surprising guests, under the "Mangal Nights" concept.
This event will unfold every Wednesday throughout the coming month, showcasing five grill experts, including the steady hand of Arik Schneberger.
It kicks off this Wednesday (June 26) with Jonathan Borovitz and the excellent meats of M25 (featuring beef fillet on gnocchi and a Reuben sandwich), continues with Shlomo Schein and his Lulu Poultry (including chicken yakitori wrapped in crispy skin with a sake side), skips to Shirel Berger of Opa with celery root skewers and Arab cabbage asado, honors Zuzu Khanna with lamb ribs in vine leaf chimichurri alongside Galilean cocktails, and concludes with Iddy Israelovitz from Ashdod, serving grouper wing and octopus arm with arak cocktails.
15th Birthday at Vicky Cristina
The popular restaurant in the Tachana Complex celebrates a decade and a half of Spanish-Israeli activity with a deal that's essentially a gift from them to us.
For six days (Monday-Saturday, June 24-29), the "Hamburguesa" (mini hamburger with onion jam and garlic aioli) - the flagship dish of Vicky Cristina - will be offered for NIS 15, alongside other Mediterranean hits from Barak Avital (at regular, but still reasonable prices), with a happy hour of 25% off from 17:00-19:00.
Erez Komarovsky and Aner Ben Raphael Furman, Treysar
The excellent restaurant at Tel Aviv's Port Market will host a spectacularly attractive evening of Israeli nostalgia with contemporary flavors on Tuesday (June 25).
The menu, a collaboration between Erez Komarovsky and Aner Ben Raphael Furman, includes fish tartare with watermelon rind salad, roasted peach salad with green herbs and chili, an open okra sandwich with smoked labneh, spice, and brown butter, leek and crab lasagna in brown butter, calamari stuffed with lamb kebab skewered on a cinnamon stick, and pici made from kubbeh dough cooked with oxtail stew.
Shahar Wolmer and Orel Kimchi, Popina
The long-standing restaurant in Tel Aviv's Neve Tzedek neighborhood will host a planned Mexican fiesta, a joint celebration by Orel Kimchi and Shahar Wolmer on Wednesday (June 26).
The special evening, held in two seating formats, will offer hand-made tacos, colorful diversions, and many cocktails based on Patron tequila, of course.
Oyster Night, Bushwick and TOS
The excellent bar of the Imperial Group collaborates with The Oyster Society for a focused pop-up dedicated to shucking.
The plan is, simply, to tackle the rising temperatures with fresh marine produce from Neri Ashkenazi and Achi Rehan's justified association, matched food by Matan Bitran, cool wines, and Grey Goose-based cocktails - at hot prices allowing for indulgence in fours, eights, and dozens.
You'll find here, among other things, Fine de Claire oysters with Tabasco and mignonette (NIS 72 for four, NIS 140 for eight, NIS 210 for a dozen), or with XO shrimp sauce, chicken demi-glace, and crème fraîche (NIS 85), oyster tartare on brioche with black caviar from the Dan (NIS 72), bloody oyster (NIS 42), Rockefeller oysters with cheddar and nuts (NIS 32), escabeche oysters and bone marrow (NIS 98), mussels and chips (NIS 98), fried calamari with crab stock (NIS 64), and crab tortellini with bisque (NIS 82).
Bushwick or The Oyster Society
Carmel Signature Pop-Up Wine Bar
The luxury brand of Carmel Wineries collaborates with the charming wine bar of "Private Room" and Eyal Naor for a one-time evening of pours, tastings, and plenty of views.
The event, held on Thursday (June 27, from 18:00) at the bar in Tel Aviv's Panorama House, will be dedicated to the esteemed Carmel series wines and offer a glass at the entrance with guest names. From there, it’s up to you and your personal taste, deciding on the bottle(s) and the accompanying food - perhaps rosé or Chardonnay Vineyards, for example, Single Vineyards Riesling from Mount Avital Vineyard, or Old Vine Carignan from Vadi Milk Vineyard.