Café Rimon ( he, קפה רימון) is a kosher restaurant chain in

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with three locations in

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, and a fourth one located in

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History

Café Rimon opened their first location in 1953 near Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem. Originally, Café Rimon was a meat restaurant, but in 1983 it switched to dairy. In 2007 they added Rimon Bistro to their Ben Yehuda location, serving as their meat restaurant, in addition to opening their second dairy location in Jerusalem. In 2014 they opened another location in

. The owner Ronen Rimon, proudly employees both

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and

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at his restaurants, despite being the subject of multiple terror attacks.

Locations

* Café Rimon Ben Yehuda is their flagship restaurant located on Luntz Street. This dairy location offers a variety of food including soup, salad, pizza, pasta and fish. * Rimon Bistro, which opened in 2007, is on Luntz Street and is attached to the Café Rimon Ben Yehuda location. Rimon Bistro is a steak house which offers a wide variety of meat options. * Café Rimon Mamilla, Rimon's third location, opened in 2007, with the opening of the

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. This is their second dairy restaurant and is known for their large brunch buffets. * Café Rimon Beit Shemesh, opened in 2014, is located in the Big Fashion Mall in Beit Shemesh.

Terror Attacks

2001 Suicide Bombings

On 1 December 2001 at 23:30, two suicide bombers positioned themselves at either side of Café Rimon and blew themselves up simultaneously, killing 10 and injuring 170.

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immediately condemned the attack. Additionally he called for an end to all suicide bombings and acts of terror against Israel.

Poisoning Plot

In 2002 Jerusalem Police and

Shin Bet The Israel Security Agency (ISA; he, שֵׁירוּת הַבִּיטָּחוֹן הַכְּלָלִי; ''Sherut ha-Bitaẖon haKlali''; "the General Security Service"; ar, جهاز الأمن العام), better known by the acronym Shabak ( he, ...

arrested three East Jerusalem residents who were planning to poison Café Rimon patrons. Working with

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, they developed a poison that would be tasteless and would induce a heart attack approximately fifteen hours later. The perpetrators were: * Sufian Bakri Abadi, age 23, head of the group. * Utman Said Kianyah, age 23, had been a chef at the restaurant for three years. * Moussa Nasser, age 22, helped design the poison. All three were sentenced to 5–10 years in prison.''Jerusalem Post''
Cafe Rimon poison plotters get 5-10 years
November 12, 2003.

References

External links

Cafe Rimon (Hebrew Website)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cafe Rimon Food and drink companies of Israel Restaurant chains in Israel 1953 establishments in Israel