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Monday, March 2, 2026
Tel Aviv cafe destroyed by Iranian rocket, says owner
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Cafe Graziani, a neighborhood bakery and coffee joint on Tel Aviv’s Yehuda Halevi Street, was completely destroyed by Saturday night’s Iranian rocket barrage.
Owner and baker Yaniv Graziani writes on Instagram that his heart is broken after his cafe — one of three — was totally destroyed in the strike.
“Graziani is much more than a place — it’s a community, people and a home,” he writes on Instagram.
“The most important thing is that all of our staff is safe,” adds Graziani in his Instagram Story.
Bodega Burger, a hamburger joint in central Tel Aviv about an eight-minute walk from the cafe, reports that it is open for business after its front window was shattered in the same rocket barrage.
“My kids went in to open Bodega so people here could have some joy in the crazy times,” says owner James Oppenheimer. “People were lined up when a bomb hit and the front glass shattered.”
No one was injured, says Oppenheim. He and his children, who help run the burger joint, worked through the night to clean up the damage, before reopening the next day for pickup and deliveries.
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