Haaretz - 6 hours in the Carmel Market

(Clockwise from top left) Carmela Banahala: Inspiration from the shuk; Mifgash Rachel: Home cooking with a Syrian touch; Amrani Spices: A treasury of culinary ideas; Red pears from Uri's stand; Fish at Ilan Dorfman's; Artichokes in a market stall; Pitas from Hasaluf Hataimani Bakery: Perfectly formed. (Photos by Eyal Toueg)


Compared to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda Market, which in recent years has become an attractive covered market with cafes, designer shops and hip restaurants in hidden corners, Tel Aviv's Carmel Market lives in the past. In the early 1920s, a few peddlers established the small Allenby market, with 20 stalls in all. At the time, it was said that "Allenby is the most courteous shuk, as befitting the respectable style of a modern European city."

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