City Paper’s cover story this week profiles the menu building experience of Michael Solomonov as he took his Zahav staff to Israel for a week of eating and more eating.

Closer to home Michael Klein chronicles the last stressful days of dealing with city agencies to get the go ahead for Zahav’s Monday opening.

Recognizing all the hard work has us really wanting to dig into the menu.

Desert Harvest [City Paper]
Week Twenty-Four: Zahav has liftoff [The Making of Zahav]

Zahav, the Israeli restaurant from Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook is opening to the public on May 5th and is now accepting reservations via OpenTable.

Zahav’s web site also has the menu available for download (PDF).

Zahav [Official Site]