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NOW OPEN: Manakeesh Cafe and Bakery

POSTED: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 5:38 PM

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West Philly's Manakeesh Cafe and Bakery (45th and Walnut) is officially open for business as of yesterday afternoon. You can peep the menu, which features authentic Lebanese specialties like lahm bajeen (a manakeesh, or flatbread sandwich, topped with spiced ground ground lamb and fired in a brick oven; above) on their website.

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brian

Posted 2011-01-19 14:06:56

wowwww.  need to go there.  huge fan of lahmacun (turkish pizza)...i wonder what the differences are between that and this lebanese version.

ross

Posted 2011-01-19 11:34:23

so yummy!  and affordable, and a really lovely, inviting space.  very psyched to have this in the neighborhood.

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Posted 2011-01-18 13:19:27

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