Current sectionFoodShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeQasim Amireh, Café 65's chef. Started out as a dishwasher. Credit: Tomer AppelbaumWith tourism gone, staff scarce and diners cutting back, Qasim Amireh, head chef of Tel Aviv's Café 65, has built a life between Rothschild Boulevard brunches and a new wine bar in Ramallah04:49 PM • July 07 2026 IDTQasim Amireh, 35, is the head chef of Café 65, part of Hotel 65 on Rothschild Boulevard in central Tel Aviv, owned by the boutique Atlas Hotels chain. Amireh is also responsible for the hotel's catering events. He lives in Jerusalem, owns his own catering business and consults for a new wine bar in Ramallah in the West Bank.In the NewsThe Tel Aviv Chef Who Also Consults for a Ramallah Wine BarExplosions Rock Damascus, Wounding 18, as French President Macron Visits SyriaUntil Trump Pushes Israel to Ease on Gaza, Hamas' Resignation Remains SymbolicFrench Court Clears Way for Le Pen to Run in 2027, Under a Condition She RejectsShip Hit in Strait of Hormuz as Iran Says No Talks Unless Trump Halts ThreatsRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Has Long Ignored Warnings of a 'Diplomatic Tsunami.' Now It Has ArrivedDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What Happened103 Nails on the Map: How Israel's Government Is Burying the Two-state SolutionRep. Dan Goldman Says Support for Israel Cost Him New York Democratic PrimaryAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff Doubles