Manakeesh Cafe and Bakery up for November

Manakeesh Cafe on Facebook Manager Abd Ghazzawi just checked in with Meal Ticket to share some prelim details on Manakeesh Cafe and Bakery, a Lebanese cafe at 45th and Walnut. The 3,000-square-foot historic building, at 4420 Walnut Street, is owned by the same company that owns the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects mosque across the street; it's currently being partitioned, and 2,000 feet of it will be dedicated to Manakeesh, named for the Lebanese flatbread sandwich that's traditionally topped with salty cheese, thyme or ground spiced beef or lamb. The 40-seat café will specialize in these eats, but Ghazzawi says they aim to fuse Lebanese and American breakfast traditions together - expect sausage/egg/cheese combos, tuna melts and various other meaty eats joining forces with Lebanese baked goods like ma'amoul (basically a shortbread cookie stuffed with dates or nuts) and kanafi, a phyllo-based sweet treat. To drink: Lebanese and herbal teas, Turkish coffee and espresso beverages, too. Manakeesh, which is up for a November opening, will open daily at 6 a.m. and close anywhere from to 6 to 10 in the evening depending on the season. Manakeesh to open Monday :: Meal Ticket :: Food Blog :: Philadelphia City Paper Posted 2011-01-12 11:12:28

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Manakeesh Cafe and Bakery up for November

POSTED: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 5:28 PM

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Manakeesh Cafe on Facebook

Manager Abd Ghazzawi just checked in with Meal Ticket to share some prelim details on Manakeesh Cafe and Bakery, a Lebanese cafe at 45th and Walnut. The 3,000-square-foot historic building, at 4420 Walnut Street, is owned by the same company that owns the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects mosque across the street; it's currently being partitioned, and 2,000 feet of it will be dedicated to Manakeesh, named for the Lebanese flatbread sandwich that's traditionally topped with salty cheese, thyme or ground spiced beef or lamb. The 40-seat café will specialize in these eats, but Ghazzawi says they aim to fuse Lebanese and American breakfast traditions together expect sausage/egg/cheese combos, tuna melts and various other meaty eats joining forces with Lebanese baked goods like ma'amoul (basically a shortbread cookie stuffed with dates or nuts) and kanafi, a phyllo-based sweet treat. To drink: Lebanese and herbal teas, Turkish coffee and espresso beverages, too. Manakeesh, which is up for a November opening, will open daily at 6 a.m. and close anywhere from to 6 to 10 in the evening depending on the season.

Manakeesh to open Monday :: Meal Ticket :: Food Blog :: Philadelphia City Paper

Posted 2011-01-12 11:12:28

[...] Cafe and Bakery, the Lebanese hub that Meal Ticket first discussed in September, will open this coming Monday, Jan. 17, says GM Abd Ghazzawi. The combo coffee house and bakery is [...]

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