New York's One & Only
Gazala's Restaurant
Gazala’s Restaurant is the creation of Gazala Halabi who celebrates her heritage as an Israeli Druze. Shortly after moving from Israel to New York in 2001, Gazala catered desserts and foods from her home until she was able to open her first restaurant in 2007. Gazala prepares all of her dishes from scratch, with simple, fresh, quality ingredients, and uses herbs, spices, and extra virgin olive oil, all imported from back home. With the same pride and heart of her grandmother, Gazala recreates the rich home-cooked meals she enjoyed growing up.
Replicating the 'Masterpieces'
Growing up an Israeli Druze female, Gazala found herself regularly involved in cooking. Her Grandmother ran the kitchen at the time, and created dishes that were irresistible but difficult to replicate, since her cooking was fairly discreet, and recipes were never written down. The majority of what Gazala loves to prepare today, she has learned through spying on her grandmother in the kitchen.
