Crisp green-flecked chickpea balls in pita with sumac onion, tahini, pickled turnip and crunchy salads. The Berlin Levantine sandwich, sold at corner kiosks across Kreuzberg and Mitte.

Berlin's Levantine community grew sharply after 2015 with the arrival of Syrian refugees, building on a Lebanese and Palestinian base that has been in the city since the 1980s. Dada Falafel opened on Linienstrasse in Mitte in the late 1990s and remains a city reference; Maroush in Kreuzberg, Hummus and Friends, and the wider Sonnenallee and Oranienstrasse counters carry the broader Levantine canon. The Berlin street pita is heavier on the tahini and lighter on the chilli than its Tel Aviv ancestor.

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Hummus and Friends ★ 4.4

€IsraeliHackescher Markt

Hummus and Friends on Berlin's Oranienburger Strasse runs a fully kosher vegetarian Israeli kitchen with hummus, falafel and sabich; the room seats 50.

OrderThe hummus plate with extra olive oil and warm pita; the falafel sabich with egg.

TipKosher-certified, closed Friday evening to Saturday evening. Lunch from 11:00 is the easier seating.

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Dada Falafel ★ 4.3

€Street foodMitte

Dada Falafel on Linienstrasse in Mitte has pressed the city's lightest falafel since 2002. The pita is stuffed with fried balls, pickled cabbage.

OrderFalafel sandwich

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Maroush ★ 4.2

€Street foodKreuzberg

Maroush on Adalbertstrasse has wrapped Kreuzberg's benchmark chicken shawarma since the 1990s, toasted in a flatbread with tahini, tomato and pickled chili.

OrderChicken shawarma sandwich

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