Yonk
Cafe Ice Cream Yonk (Hebrew: קפה גלידה יונק), founded in 1948, is one of Israel's oldest restaurants, located in Haifa.[1] While the name implies otherwise, it is a Romanian grill.[2][3] The restaurant is located at Kibbutz Galuyot Street 23, adjacent to the Haifa Flea Market on the same street. Their flagship dish is the Romanian kebab.[4]
History
The restaurant was founded in 1948 as a tiny ice cream and popsicle factory, by Yehuda "Yonk" and Yocheved Milstein,[5] who had arrived from Poland. In the back of their factory Romanians from the neighborhood operated a little grill.[6] Impressed by the potential, the Milsteins changed their tiny factory into a Romanian restaurant, serving the cuisine they had learned from the tenants.[6] After Yehuda Milstein's death, the restaurant was continued and perfected by his son-in-law. In 2019 it is managed by the third generation of the founding family.[7]
References
- ^ "עולם הולך ונעלם: האוצרות הקולינריים הוותיקים של חיפה". Haaretz.
- ^ "המוסד: קפה גלידה יונק". Walla!. March 6, 2014.
- ^ "מה אוכלים במסעדות הרומניות בארץ?". Yediot Ahronot. October 26, 2019.
- ^ "מסעדות מומלצות בחיפה". mako. August 1, 2019.
- ^ https://www.haaretz.co.il/food/coffee-shops/location-1.3436242
- ^ a b "סיור קולינרי בוואדי ניסנאס ובעיר התחתית בחיפה". ynet. November 11, 2017.
- ^ "עולים לרגל: מוסדות קולינריים ברחבי הארץ שמחייבים ביקור". Walla!. February 19, 2019.