We looked around the Jewish world and found some beloved mom-and-pop shops that are still holding their own
Project Coordinator: Gedalia Guttentag
Small Store, Big Heart — Yechezkel’s Makolet Est. 1977
By Gedalia Guttentag | Photos: Pinchas Emanuel
“Everybody loves Yechezkel — he’s a fixture of your life,” says a distinguished-looking Yerushalmi customer paying for his morning bread and cottage cheese.
“Tell you about Yechezkel?” asks a young chassidic man with a mischievous grin. “All you need to say is Yechezkel — that says everything.”
It’s Tuesday morning, and the customers who’ve made their way into the cave-like entrance of Yechezkel’s makolet in Jerusalem’s Sanhedria neighborhood immediately notice something unusual.
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