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K'Far
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K’Far attracts a certain set of people right off the bat. These formerly-young professionals spent the 2010’s held hostage at their company’s WeWork of choice, drinking the free beer and self-identifying as “Plant Daddies.” Some of these Elder Millennials now live in nice new condos on the Williamsburg waterfront, and you’ll see them lounging with their laptops at K’Far. They’re still suckers for an open floor plan and excessive foliage—and so are we. Especially if, instead of free beer, it comes with excellent Israeli food at all times of the day.
K’Far is an Israeli cafe, restaurant, and bar that spans the entire lobby of the Hoxton Hotel in Williamsburg. It comes from the same people behind Laser Wolf, the Israeli grill that occupies the roof of the same hotel. Both restaurants are from Philly, and their original locations are some of our highest-rated restaurants there.
photo credit: Emily Schindler
photo credit: Emily Schindler
photo credit: Emily Schindler
photo credit: Emily Schindler
photo credit: Emily Schindler
The Williamsburg spot looks like something between a fancy co-working space and a restaurant in Palm Springs, which is also kind of how it functions. On one side, there’s a coffee and pastry counter, bar, and lounge where you’ll see people on their laptops (although there are never enough outlets). Across the foyer, there’s a dining room done in shades of coral and brown, surrounded by a makeshift jungle of fake plants and attached to a leafy outdoor courtyard that could easily belong to a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
You can spend a whole day here and still feel like you’ve had three distinctive meals. In the morning, stop by the coffee counter for a Yemenite latte and a long, flat Jerusalem bagel sandwich filled with creamy eggs, schug, and cheddar. The lobby lounge is full-service, so you can hunker down with your laptop and order a crispy kataif chicken schnitzel for lunch in the afternoon. At 5pm, hit the bar for a martini, then meet a few friends in the bustling dining room across the foyer for a dinner involving a tangy lamb tartare topped with shipka peppers and a savory cheese baklava that arrives in flames.
Even if you can’t spend your whole workday taking meetings in between bites of pull apart challah rolls, it’s worth visiting K’Far for a memorable meal, or even a martini. K'Far comes from the Hebrew word for "village," and this one's a pretty nice one to belong to. It certainly beats brunch at WeWork.
Food Rundown
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Egg & Cheese Jerusalem Bagel
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Chicken Schnitzel
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Palestinian Lamb Tartare
Bone-In Short Rib
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Baklava
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Pastries
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Chavita Plate