CookNSolo Restaurants

CookNSolo is the trailblazing and nationally beloved hospitality group from chef Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook, champions of Israels extraordinarily diverse and vibrant culinary landscape. Together, Mike and Steve have been awarded three James Beard Foundation Awards, with Mike awarded two additional Beard Awards for his work as Chef of Zahav, which includes Outstanding Chef, 2017. Zahav, their restaurant that put the rich melting pot of Israeli cuisine at the forefront of dining in America today, became in 2019 the first Israeli and first Philadelphia restaurant to win the James Beard Outstanding Restaurant Award. In 2018, Zahav was recognized by Food & Wine Magazine as one of The 40 Most Important Restaurants of the Past 40 Years. In addition to Zahav, their restaurants are Federal Donuts the hometown hero donut, fried chicken, and coffee shop which they co-own with three longtime partners; Dizengoff an authentic Israeli-style hummusiya; Abe Fisher serving contemporary t...