Orna and Ella: Film Screening and Tasting

Join The Neighborhood and Ceres Food X Film at Brooklyn Art Haus for a special screening of Orna and Ella–a cinematic tribute to the beloved Tel Aviv Restaurant of the same name. After the film, stick around for a tasting of light bites from the Orna and Ella cookbook by Naama Tamir of Lighthouse BK.

Together we’ll enjoy a movie and a nosh, celebrating the flavors of Tel Aviv through the story of an iconic restaurant and the two women who made it a cultural hotspot. 

Open on Tel Aviv’s Shenkin Street between 1992 and 2018, Orna and Ella was much more than a restaurant. It was a pioneering woman-owned neighborhood institution, where everything, from bread to pasta to ice cream, was made in-house. The small but bustling location was a cherished third space for artists, bohemians, and generations of families who returned year after year for the nourishing home-cooked…