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Mahane Yehuda Market
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Mahane Yehuda Market
Jerusalem's famous covered market, with produce and bakeries by day and bars and street food after dark.
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Mahane Yehuda is Jerusalem's main fresh-food market, a network of covered lanes off Jaffa Road.
What to expect
By day: fruit, vegetables, spices, halva, cheese and bakeries. In the evening the shutters come down on many stalls and bars, restaurants and street musicians take over.
What to eat
Halva, fresh bread, falafel, shakshuka, sabich and Middle Eastern pastries.
Visitor tips
- The market is quiet or closed from Friday afternoon through Saturday for Shabbat; Thursday and Friday morning are busiest. Check before you go.
- Evening bars are mostly open Sunday to Thursday and on Thursday and Friday nights.
- Bring small bills.
