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Barood vs Focaccia Bar
Both Barood and Focaccia Bar are endorsed by travel writers. Overall, Barood is preferred by most reviewers compared to Focaccia Bar. Barood comes in at 82 with approval from 4 reviewers including Lonely Planet, Frommer's and Fodor's.
Barood
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
DK Eyewitness
Fodor's
31 Jaffa Street (in the Jerusalem yard), Jerusalem, Israel
From $10 /night
Frommer's
"Barood is a great choice for a Friday night or Saturday afternoon meal, when few West Jerusalem restaurants are open."
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Lonely Planet
"The name belies the dazzling (non-kosher) Sephardic cooking."
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DK Eyewitness
"Just off Jaffa St on Feingold Courtyard, this laid-back, stone-built place is known for its Spanioli (Sepharadi) cuisine, as well as its juicy steaks and heavenly chocolate soufflé."
Fodor's
"Jerusalemite Daniella Lerer combines her family's Sephardic culinary traditions with modern Israeli cooking techniques and personal favorites from two decades in the business."
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Focaccia Bar
Fodor's
Fodor's
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
DK Eyewitness
4 Rabbi Akiva Street, Jerusalem, Israel
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"This popular haunt has been baking fluffy focaccias for 20 years...this is also one of the city's few restaurants to flout Passover restrictions on eating leavened dough. "
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There are many toppings (don't miss the black-olive spread), and some tasty starters (try the fried mushrooms stuffed with goat's cheese or the fried calamari).
Fodor's
"This kosher cousin of the popular Downtown restaurant welcomes you with a large display of fresh vegetables and an open taboon oven where the focaccias are baked."
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Frommer's
"A very popular place (especially on Shabbat) filled with travelers, families, and young Jerusalemites, Focaccia Bar serves pizzas and focaccias baked in a traditional brick taboon oven."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The chef in charge of the taboun (clay oven) at this popular place must be one of the hardest-working people in the city."
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DK Eyewitness
"Situated on a quaint courtyard, this romantic place, built entirely of stone, is evocative of the early 1900s."
