Z & Z Manoushe Bakery is a family-run café featuring Middle Eastern “hand food.”  The site is the same one where the first of their family to come to the U.S. had run a chicken restaurant for 40 years.  After selling their fare at local farmers markets, the two grandsons decided to revive family ties with the site and now showcase manoushe, an Arab flatbread that, like pizza, can be boast different toppings and spices.

In addition, Z&Z Manoushe offers lahm bi ajeen, a meat pie as well as tabbouleh, hummus, labneh, and za’atar-dusted french fries. For dessert, there is knafeh, a crunchy, stretchy pastry of phyllo dough, cheese, and simple syrup often flavored with flowers.  For drink, there is mint tea, cardamom coffee, and Bonjus, a Lebanese fruit juice often paired with manoushe.  Also, the café sells specialties such as pickles, tahini, and coffee beans.

And, for those who might like, Carmen’s Italian Ice and Café is just next door for an extra little post-lunch treat.

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