JAFFA BAR

Jaffa Bar is an oyster bar with the flavors of Israel and the spirit of Philadelphia. Located in a two-story, 19th century firehouse in Olde Kensington, the restaurant design takes a cue from the sunlit hues of the architecture of its namesake, the port city of Jaffa — a coastal Israeli city that for thousands of years has welcomed the world through its port. The dinner menu at Jaffa Bar features a combination of oyster bar classics, Israeli-inflected seafood preparations, and timeless bar-food. The Jaffa cocktail bar offers an extensive menu of drinks befitting a proper Philadelphia bar, plus those with influence from Jaffa’s citrus-rich Mediterranean coast such as the “Frozen Jaffa Orange” — a creamy, orange blossom-scented riff on the Orange Julius. The wine list focuses on seafood-friendly, natural and effervescent wines from the Levant and Eastern Europe, plus local selections like Kensington’s own Pray Tell Wines and Mural City Cellars.