Drink L'Chaim, to life
Zahav’s Mike Solomonov takes his Israeli cuisine outside of Philadelphia for the first time
The award-winning chef talks with JI about his new restaurant in Brooklyn, building bridges through food and the American ascendance of schug

Steven Legato
Michael Solomonov
When reservations went live on Thursday for Michael Solomonov’s first restaurant to open outside of Philadelphia, the first several days of spots were gone within minutes.
It’s a fitting welcome to Brooklyn for the chef who introduced modern Israeli...