The Lighthouse Restaurant (tel, 91 76 40), under its namesake near the HI hostel- has tables overlooking the water and invites evening idling. Hostel patrons receive a 10% discount (kabab N1S18, hummus NIS7). By the marina is the more expensive Abu Christo restaurant (tel. 91 00 65). Daredevils occasionally take a dive off the three-story store wall into the water near the restaurant.

Around the corner from the hostel, heading away from the lighthouse, is the Pita Bakery, where hot pita bread is peddled for a pittance in the pre-noon period. Galileo Restaurant, in the Pisan Harbor, has the standard Middle Eastern munchies at slightly inflated prices. Have drinks and ice cream at Cafe Tuscans (up the stairs in the Pisan Harbor), for the jaw-dropping view of the sea and Old Akko. You can buy food at the outdoor market next to the central bus station and at the sbuk in the Old City. Farther from the hostel are the food stands and small supermarkets on Yehoshafat St. off Ben Ami St., and a number of falafel stands huddle near the corner of Weizmann and Ben Ami St.