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

1. Sobol, Naama. "עולם הולך ונעלם: האוצרות הקולינריים הוותיקים של חיפה". Haaretz.
2. Goldstein, Rita (6 March 2014). "המוסד: קפה גלידה יונק". Walla!.
3. Levy, Lin (26 October 2019). "מה אוכלים במסעדות הרומניות בארץ?". Yediot Ahronot.
4. Goldstein, Rita (1 August 2019). "מסעדות מומלצות בחיפה". mako.
5. "הארץ - חדשות, ידיעות מהארץ והעולם - עיתון הארץ". August 2023.
6. Dror, Piltz (11 November 2017). "סיור קולינרי בוואדי ניסנאס ובעיר התחתית בחיפה". ynet.
7. "עולים לרגל: מוסדות קולינריים ברחבי הארץ שמחייבים ביקור". Walla!. 19 February 2019.

External links

• Official website